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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 Hickory Heights, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hickory Heights 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 Hickory Heights:
- 35.444796, -86.767499
- 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 Hickory 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 Marshall County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Marshall County
- Since Hickory Heights is near Bedford County and also Maury County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bedford County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Maury 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 Hickory Heights
Communities Also Named Hickory Heights ...
We found four communities that are also named Hickory Heights.
There is one other community in Tennessee that is also named Hickory Heights.
Beyond Tennessee, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Located In Tennessee ...
- Lawrence County
- This Hickory Heights is located in Lawrence County and lies 34 miles [54.7 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Hickory Heights that is located in Marshall County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lawrence County community of Hickory Heights.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Georgia
- Carroll County
- This Hickory Heights is located in Carroll County and lies 160 miles [257.5 km]<1> to the southeast of the Hickory Heights that is located in Marshall County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Hickory Heights.
- Michigan
- Oakland 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 Michigan community of Hickory Heights [Oakland County].
- Pennsylvania
- Lawrence 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 Pennsylvania community of Hickory Heights [Lawrence County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hickory 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.
- Berlin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Berlin is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin
- Cornersville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Globe
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Globe is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Globe
- Hillcrest
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Hillcrest is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
- Holly Grove
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Holly Grove is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Grove
- Lewisburg
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Lincoln Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lincoln Park is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Park
- Luna
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Luna is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luna
- Marshall Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Marshall Heights is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall Heights
- Needmore
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Needmore is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needmore
- Rolling Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Rolling Hills is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Hills
- Yell
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Yell is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yell
How Far From Hickory 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 Hickory Heights to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Hickory Heights and extending to:
- Lewisburg, which is the Seat of Marshall County, lies just to the West Northwest.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 49 miles [78.9 km]<1> to the north (N). If you could walk a straight line from Hickory Heights to Nashville, with an average speed<4> 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 most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 585 miles [941.5 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 23 days and walking would take 34 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,458 miles [10,393.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,174 miles [11,545.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,049 miles [8,125.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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- Hickory 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 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 Hickory 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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Hickory 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 Hickory Heights. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.4448, Longitude: -86.7675 In this case, the coordinates for Hickory Heights have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.758 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.648 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.853 degrees. |
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