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Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Eureka Hills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Eureka Hills and the surrounding area.
- Astronomy & Satellites ...
- Whether using binoculars, a small telescope or the naked-eye, the Heavens-Above
website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed
sky charts, their website will help you find planets, asteriods, comets, satellites and their tracks across the sky.
- To give accurate results, Heavens-Above requires the latitude and longitude of your location. As a starting point, when we link to Heavens-Above,
we pass this GPS location for Eureka Hills:
- 35.244795, -84.886057
- Once you're on the Heavens-Above website, you can improve its accuracy by giving a more precise longitude and latitude as your actual position.
- Open the Heavens-Above website centered on Eureka Hills
- Bird Watching ...
- We enjoy finding new spots for bird watching and we use the eBird website for local sighting reports and to help identify hotspots.
- The eBird website is organized on a county-by-county basis. We have selected Bradley County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bradley County
- Since Eureka Hills is near Hamilton County and also Meigs County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hamilton County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Meigs County
- Waymarking ...
- Looking for somewhere out of the ordinary? Find a unique place and want to share it with others? Then it's time to visit Waymarking.com:
- Open the Waymark.com report for Eureka Hills
Communities Also Named Eureka Hills ...
We found one communities that are also named Eureka Hills.
There is one other community in Tennessee that is also named Eureka Hills.
Beyond Tennessee.
- Communities Located In Tennessee ...
- Hamblen County
- This Eureka Hills is located in Hamblen County and lies 112 miles [180.2 km]<1> to the northeast of the Eureka Hills that is located in Bradley County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamblen County community of Eureka Hills.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Eureka Hills ...
As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.
- Arrowhead Point
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Arrowhead Point is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrowhead Point
- Camelot
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Camelot is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot
- Eureka
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Eureka is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
- Freewill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Freewill is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freewill
- Georgetown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hickory Hills
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Hickory Hills is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hills
- Hills and Dales
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hills and Dales is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hills and Dales
- Hopewell
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Hopewell is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
- Misty Ridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Misty Ridge is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Misty Ridge
- Mount Harmony
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Mount Harmony is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Harmony
- Mountainbrook
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mountainbrook is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountainbrook
- Prospect
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Prospect is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Rolling Brook
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Rolling Brook is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Brook
- Rolling Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Rolling Hills is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Hills
- Royal Oak
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Royal Oak is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Oak
- Tasso
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Tasso is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tasso
- Tasso Heights
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Tasso Heights is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tasso Heights
- Whisperwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Whisperwood is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whisperwood
How Far From Eureka Hills to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Eureka Hills to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Eureka Hills and extending to:
- Cleveland, which is the Seat of Bradley County, lies just to the South.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 123 miles [197.9 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Eureka Hills to Nashville, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 500 miles [804.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 29 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,390 miles [10,283.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,100 miles [11,426.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,976 miles [8,008.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Eureka Hills) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day. |
| <4> | The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Eureka Hills to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Eureka Hills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.2448, Longitude: -84.8861 In this case, the coordinates for Eureka Hills have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.606 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.294 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.119 degrees. |
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