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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 Heather Heights, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Heather 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 Heather Heights:
    • 35.992302, -84.087136
    • 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 Heather 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 Knox County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Knox County
    • Since Heather Heights is near Anderson County and also Blount County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Anderson County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Blount 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 Heather Heights

Communities Also Named Heather Heights ...

We found five communities that are also named Heather Heights.

Within Tennessee, the name Heather Heights is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Georgia
      • Hall County
      • This Heather Heights is located in Hall County and lies 111 miles [178.6 km]<1> to the south of the Heather Heights that is located in Knox County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hall County community of Heather Heights.
    • Indiana
      • Bartholomew County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Heather Heights [Bartholomew County].
    • Maryland
      • Kent County
      • This Heather Heights is located in Kent County and lies 490 miles [788.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Heather Heights that is located in Knox County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kent County community of Heather Heights.
    • South Carolina
      • Anderson County
      • This Heather Heights is located in Anderson County and lies 130 miles [209.2 km]<1> to the southeast of the Heather Heights that is located in Knox County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anderson County community of Heather Heights.
    • Utah
      • Davis County
      • This Heather Heights is located in Davis County and lies 1,542 miles [2,481.6 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Heather Heights that is located in Knox County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davis County community of Heather Heights.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Heather 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.

  • Ball Camp
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Ball Camp is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ball Camp
  • Bud ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Bud is located in Anderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bud
  • Bull Run
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Bull Run is located in Anderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bull Run
  • Camelot
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Camelot is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot
  • Countryside
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Countryside is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Countryside
  • Fair Oaks
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Fair Oaks is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Oaks
  • Golden Meadows
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Golden Meadows is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Meadows
  • Grand Oaks
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Grand Oaks is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Oaks
  • Hidden Hills
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Hidden Hills is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Hills
  • King Arthur Court
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • King Arthur Court is located in Anderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King Arthur Court
  • Landmark
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Landmark is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landmark
  • Meadowbrook
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Meadowbrook is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowbrook
  • Continue List   (7 more) ...
    • Ridgedale
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Ridgedale is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgedale
    • Shadow Wood
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Shadow Wood is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadow Wood
    • Spanish Trails
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Spanish Trails is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spanish Trails
    • Stonebrook
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Stonebrook is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonebrook
    • Trails End
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Trails End is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trails End
    • Treeville
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Treeville is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Treeville
    • Volunteer Village
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Volunteer Village is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Volunteer Village

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

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

  • Knoxville, which is the Seat of Knox County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Heather Heights to Knoxville, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 150 miles [241.4 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 435 miles [700.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 17 days and walking would take 25 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,322 miles [10,174.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,033 miles [11,318.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,909 miles [7,900.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Heather Heights) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Heather Heights 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.
<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 Heather 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 Heather Heights. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.9923, Longitude: -84.0871       In this case, the coordinates for Heather Heights have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.144 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.869 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.595 degrees.