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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 Fountain Heights, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fountain Heights and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Fountain Heights:
    • 35.544795, -86.966393
    • 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 Fountain Heights
  • 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 Maury County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Maury County
    • Since Fountain Heights is near Marshall County and also Giles County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Marshall County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Giles 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 Fountain Heights

Communities Also Named Fountain Heights ...

We found two communities that are also named Fountain Heights.

Within Tennessee, the name Fountain Heights is unique.

Beyond Tennessee, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Jefferson County
      • This Fountain Heights is located in Jefferson County and lies 139 miles [223.7 km]<1> to the south of the Fountain Heights that is located in Maury County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Fountain Heights.
    • Florida
      • Polk County
      • This Fountain Heights is located in Polk County and lies 598 miles [962.4 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Fountain Heights that is located in Maury County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Polk County community of Fountain Heights.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Fountain Heights ...

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.

  • Creek Side
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Creek Side is located in Maury County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creek Side
  • Cuba ‑ Historic
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Cuba is located in Maury County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
  • Hill
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Hill is located in Maury County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill
  • Holland Ford
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Holland Ford is located in Maury County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland Ford
  • Lickskillet ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Lickskillet is located in Maury County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lickskillet
  • Park Station
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Park Station is located in Maury County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Station
  • Pleasant Grove
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Pleasant Grove is located in Maury County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
  • Rock Springs
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Rock Springs is located in Maury County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Springs
  • Scribner
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Scribner is located in Maury County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scribner
  • Silver Creek
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Silver Creek is located in Marshall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Creek
  • Union Grove
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Union Grove is located in Maury County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Grove

How Far From Fountain Heights 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 Fountain Heights to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Fountain Heights and extending to:

  • Columbia, which is the Seat of Maury County, lies just to the Northwest.
  • Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 43 miles [69.2 km]<1> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could walk a straight line from Fountain Heights to Nashville, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 592 miles [952.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just over a day, a buggy would take 24 days and walking would take 34 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,461 miles [10,398 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,178 miles [11,551.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,054 miles [8,133.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Fountain Heights) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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.
<3>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 Fountain Heights 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 Fountain Heights. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.5448, Longitude: -86.9664       In this case, the coordinates for Fountain Heights have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.885 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.809 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.914 degrees.