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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 Valley, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hickory Valley 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 Hickory Valley:
    • 35.040630, -85.169398
    • 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 Hickory Valley
  • 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 Hickory Valley ...

We found five communities that share the name Hickory Valley.

There are two communities within Tennessee that are also named Hickory Valley.

Beyond Tennessee, we know of another three communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Tennessee ...
    • Hardeman County
      • This Hickory Valley is located in Hardeman County and lies 223 miles [358.9 km]<1> to the west of the Hickory Valley that is located in Hamilton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hardeman County community of Hickory Valley.
    • Union 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 Tennessee community of Hickory Valley [Union County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Independence County
      • This Hickory Valley is located in Independence County and lies 363 miles [584.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Hickory Valley that is located in Hamilton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Independence County community of Hickory Valley.
    • Louisiana
      • Winn Parish
      • This Hickory Valley is located in Winn Parish and lies 465 miles [748.3 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Hickory Valley that is located in Hamilton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Winn Parish community of Hickory Valley.
    • Utah
      • Salt Lake County
      • This Hickory Valley is located in Salt Lake County and lies 1,497 miles [2,409.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Hickory Valley that is located in Hamilton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County community of Hickory Valley.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Hickory Valley ...

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.

  • Cherokee Woods
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cherokee Woods have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Woods
    • Cherokee Woods is located in Hamilton County
  • Harris Hills
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harris Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris Hills
    • Harris Hills is located in Hamilton County
  • Hickory Hills
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hickory Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hills
    • Hickory Hills is located in Hamilton County
  • Holiday Hills
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holiday Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Hills
    • Holiday Hills is located in Hamilton County
  • Holy Hills
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holy Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holy Hills
    • Holy Hills is located in Hamilton County
  • Indian Hills
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Indian Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Hills
    • Indian Hills is located in Hamilton County
  • Lake Vista
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake Vista have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Vista
    • Lake Vista is located in Hamilton County
  • Rollingwood
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rollingwood have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rollingwood
    • Rollingwood is located in Hamilton County
  • Royal Oaks
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Royal Oaks have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Oaks
    • Royal Oaks is located in Hamilton County
  • Shady Rest
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shady Rest have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Rest
    • Shady Rest is located in Hamilton County
  • Shepherd
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shepherd have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shepherd
    • Shepherd is located in Hamilton County
  • Silverdale
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Silverdale have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silverdale
    • Silverdale is located in Hamilton County
  • Vista Hills
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vista Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vista Hills
    • Vista Hills is located in Hamilton County
  • Walnut Hills
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Walnut Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Hills
    • Walnut Hills is located in Hamilton County

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

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

  • Chattanooga, which is the Seat of Hamilton County, lies just to the West.
  • Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 118 miles [189.9 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Hickory Valley to Nashville, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 521 miles [838.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 21 days and walking would take 30 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,411 miles [10,317.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,122 miles [11,461.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,998 miles [8,043.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Hickory Valley. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Hamilton County: www.hamiltontn.gov/

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

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- Hickory Valley) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Hickory Valley. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.0406, Longitude: -85.1694       In this case, the coordinates for Hickory Valley have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Valley 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>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.
<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 Valley to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.769 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.453 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.285 degrees.




 

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