Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Heath, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Heath and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Heath
- 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 Heath:
- 36.454565, -81.754836
- 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 Heath
- 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 Johnson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Johnson County
- Since Heath is near Ashe County and also Watauga County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Ashe County
- eBird sighting report for Watauga 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Heath ...
We found 22 communities that share the name Heath.
There is one other community in Tennessee which is also named Heath.
Beyond Tennessee, we know of another 21 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 21 communities, 21 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Located In Tennessee ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Alberta
- This Heath lies 1,791 miles [2,882.3 km]<2> to the northwest of the Heath that is located in Johnson County.
- Colorado
- Delaware
- Georgia
- Idaho
- Indiana
- Boone County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Heath [Boone County].
- Tippecanoe County
- This Heath is located in Tippecanoe County and lies 385 miles [619.6 km]<2> to the northwest of the Heath that is located in Johnson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tippecanoe County community of Heath.
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Massachusetts
- Minnesota
- Montana
- Nebraska
- New York
- North Carolina
- Ohio
- Belmont County
- This Heath is located in Belmont County and lies 247 miles [397.5 km]<2> to the north of the Heath that is located in Johnson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Belmont County community of Heath.
- Licking County
- This Heath is located in Licking County and lies 249 miles [400.7 km] to the north of the Heath that is located in Johnson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Licking County community of Heath.
- Pennsylvania
- Texas
- Utah
Curious and Interesting Names Near Heath ...
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.
- Center View
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Center View have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center View
- Center View is located in Johnson County
- Cold Spring
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- 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 Johnson County
- Crackers Neck
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crackers Neck have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crackers Neck
- Crackers Neck is located in Johnson County
- Dowell ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast) - Fuller
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fuller
- Fuller is located in Johnson County
- Green Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Green Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Valley
- Green Valley is located in Ashe County (NC)
- Holy Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest) - Little Doe
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Doe have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Doe
- Little Doe is located in Johnson County
- Mountain City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain City
- Mountain City is located in Johnson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,444 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mountain City <5>
- Sandy
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest) - Shingletown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shingletown
- Shingletown is located in Johnson County
- Silver Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Silver Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake
- Silver Lake is located in Johnson County
- Walnut Grove
(Less than 2 miles to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Walnut Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
- Walnut Grove is located in Johnson County
How Far From Heath to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Heath to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Heath and extending to:
- Mountain City, which is the Seat of Johnson County, lies just to the West Northwest.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 280 miles [450.6 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Heath to Nashville, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 16 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 308 miles [495.7 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 18 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,204 miles [9,984.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,910 miles [11,120.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,787 miles [7,703.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Heath. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Tennessee: https://www.tn.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Heath 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. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Heath) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Heath. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.4546, Longitude: -81.7548 In this case, the coordinates for Heath have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | 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 Heath, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 Heath 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 310.755 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.342 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.503 degrees. |