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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 Hart, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hart 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 Hart:
    • 35.711179, -85.219408
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Hart
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Hart ...

We found eighteen communities that share the name Hart.

Within Tennessee, the name Hart is unique.

Beyond Tennessee, we know of another eighteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these eighteen communities, seventeen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Benton County
      • This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Hart [Benton County].
      • White County
      • This Hart is located in White County and lies 385 miles [619.6 km]<2> to the west of the Hart that is located in Bledsoe County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the White County community of Hart.
    • California
      • San Bernardino County
      • This Hart is located in San Bernardino County and lies 1,673 miles [2,692.4 km]<2> to the west of the Hart that is located in Bledsoe County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Bernardino County community of Hart.
      • Shasta County
      • This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Hart [Shasta County].
    • Georgia
      • Bibb County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Hart [Bibb County].
    • Idaho
      • Madison County
      • This Hart is located in Madison County and lies 1,507 miles [2,425.3 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Hart that is located in Bledsoe County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Hart.
    • Illinois
      • DeKalb County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Hart [DeKalb County].
    • Iowa
      • Sac County
      • This Hart is located in Sac County and lies 691 miles [1,112.1 km]<2> to the northwest of the Hart that is located in Bledsoe County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sac County community of Hart.
    • Kentucky
      • Laurel County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Hart [Laurel County].
    • Michigan
      • Oceana County
      • This Hart is located in Oceana County and lies 554 miles [891.6 km]<2> to the north of the Hart that is located in Bledsoe County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oceana County community of Hart.
    • Minnesota
      • Winona County
      • This Hart is located in Winona County and lies 660 miles [1,062.2 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Hart that is located in Bledsoe County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Winona County community of Hart.
    • Missouri
      • Macon County
      • This Hart is located in Macon County and lies 503 miles [809.5 km]<2> to the northwest of the Hart that is located in Bledsoe County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Macon County community of Hart.
      • McDonald County
      • This Hart is located in McDonald County and lies 527 miles [848.1 km] to the west of the Hart that is located in Bledsoe County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the McDonald County community of Hart.
    • Nevada
      • Clark County
      • This community is historic<1> and although located in Clark County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clark County community of Hart.
    • Oklahoma
      • Pontotoc County
      • This Hart is located in Pontotoc County and lies 663 miles [1,067 km]<2> to the west of the Hart that is located in Bledsoe County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pontotoc County community of Hart.
    • Saskatchewan
      • This Hart lies 1,386 miles [2,230.6 km]<2> to the northwest of the Hart that is located in Bledsoe County.
    • South Carolina
      • York County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Hart [York County].
    • Texas
      • Castro County
      • This Hart is located in Castro County and lies 958 miles [1,541.8 km]<2> to the west of the Hart that is located in Bledsoe County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Castro County community of Hart.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Hart ...

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.

  • Cold Spring
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cold Spring have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Spring
    • Cold Spring is located in Bledsoe County
  • Grapevine ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grapevine have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grapevine
    • Grapevine is located in Bledsoe County
  • Herbert Domain
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Herbert Domain have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herbert Domain
    • Herbert Domain is located in Bledsoe County
  • Lonewood
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lonewood have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lonewood
    • Lonewood is located in Van Buren County
  • Old Winesap
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Old Winesap have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Winesap
    • Old Winesap is located in Cumberland County
  • Pikeville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Seals ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Seals have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seals
    • Seals is located in Bledsoe County
  • Tiptop
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tiptop have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiptop
    • Tiptop is located in Bledsoe County

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic community of Hart once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Hart and extending to:

  • Pikeville, which is the Seat of Bledsoe County, lies just to the South Southeast.
  • Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 92 miles [148.1 km]<2> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Hart to Nashville, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three 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<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,382 miles [10,270.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,095 miles [11,418.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,971 miles [8,000 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>

The official website for State of Tennessee: https://www.tn.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Hart, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Hart) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Hart. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.7112, Longitude: -85.2194       In this case, the coordinates for Hart have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<3>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Hart could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<4>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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.
<7>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 Hart to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.822 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.608 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.139 degrees.









 

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