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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 High Health, we use the following websites to find information relevant to High Health 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 High Health:
- 36.361229, -82.008176
- 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 High Health
- 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:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Johnson County
- Since High Health is near Carter County and also Avery County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Carter County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Avery 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 High Health
Curious and Interesting Names Near High Health ...
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.
- Butler
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Casper ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Casper is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casper
- Doeville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Doeville is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doeville
- Dry Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Dry Hill is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Hill
- Farthing ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Farthing is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farthing
- Fish Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Fish Springs is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fish Springs
- Ironville ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Ironville is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironville
- Lineback ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Lineback is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lineback
- Little Milligan
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Little Milligan is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Milligan
- Pierce
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Pierce is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierce
- Stump Knob ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Stump Knob is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stump Knob
How Far From High Health 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 High Health 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<2> community of High Health once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in High Health and extending to:
- Mountain City, which is the Seat of Johnson County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from High Health to Mountain City, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 265 miles [426.5 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 15 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 323 miles [519.8 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 19 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,219 miles [10,008.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,926 miles [11,146.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,802 miles [7,728.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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 High Health, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- High Health) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 High Health 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 High Health. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.3612, Longitude: -82.0082 In this case, the coordinates for High Health have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.905 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.501 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.635 degrees. |
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