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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 Gaby Hills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Gaby 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 Gaby Hills:
- 36.250370, -83.298782
- 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 Gaby 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 Hamblen County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hamblen County
- Since Gaby Hills is near Grainger County and also Jefferson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Grainger County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson 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 Gaby Hills
Curious and Interesting Names Near Gaby 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.
- Casablanca
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Casablanca is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casablanca
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,223 people
- Cherokee Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cherokee Park is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Park
- Crockett Ridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Crockett Ridge is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crockett Ridge
- Hillcrest
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hillcrest is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
- Indian Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Indian Hills is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Hills
- Jaybird
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Jaybird is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jaybird
- Kentucky Heights
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Kentucky Heights is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentucky Heights
- Liberty Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Liberty Heights is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Heights
- Long Ferry
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Long Ferry is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Ferry
- Marshalls Ferry
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Marshalls Ferry is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshalls Ferry
- Mountain View Meadows
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Rocky Summit ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Rocky Summit is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Summit
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Rolling Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Rolling Hills is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Hills
- Tigertown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Tigertown is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tigertown
- Vantage View
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Vantage View is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vantage View
- Wildwood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Wildwood is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood
How Far From Gaby Hills to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Gaby Hills to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Gaby Hills and extending to:
- Morristown, which is the Seat of Hamblen County, lies just to the South.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 193 miles [310.6 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Gaby Hills to Nashville, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 11 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 388 miles [624.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 22 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,278 miles [10,103.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,988 miles [11,246.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,864 miles [7,827.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Gaby Hills) 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 Gaby 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 Gaby Hills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.2504, Longitude: -83.2988 In this case, the coordinates for Gaby Hills have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.675 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.367 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.198 degrees. |
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