Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Highland Acres, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Highland Acres and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Highland Acres
- 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 Highland Acres:
- 36.306996, -86.636107
- 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 Highland Acres
- 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 Sumner County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Sumner County
- Since Highland Acres is near Davidson County and also Wilson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Davidson County
- eBird sighting report for Wilson 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 Highland Acres ...
We found ten communities that share the name Highland Acres.
There is one other community in Tennessee which is also named Highland Acres.
Beyond Tennessee, we know of another nine communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these nine communities, nine are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Located In Tennessee ...
- Blount County
- This Highland Acres is located in Blount County and lies 152 miles [244.6 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Highland Acres that is located in Sumner County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Blount County community of Highland Acres.
- Blount County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Delaware
- Kent County
- This Highland Acres is located in Kent County and lies 636 miles [1,023.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Highland Acres that is located in Sumner County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kent County community of Highland Acres.
- Sussex County
- This Highland Acres is located in Sussex County and lies 650 miles [1,046.1 km] to the east northeast of the Highland Acres that is located in Sumner County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sussex County community of Highland Acres.
- Louisiana
- Jefferson Parish
- 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 Louisiana community of Highland Acres [Jefferson Parish].
- Natchitoches Parish
- This Highland Acres is located in Natchitoches Parish and lies 486 miles [782.1 km]<1> to the southwest of the Highland Acres that is located in Sumner County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Natchitoches Parish community of Highland Acres.
- Maryland
- Howard County
- This Highland Acres is located in Howard County and lies 564 miles [907.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Highland Acres that is located in Sumner County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Howard County community of Highland Acres.
- North Carolina
- Cumberland County
- This Highland Acres is located in Cumberland County and lies 445 miles [716.2 km]<1> to the east of the Highland Acres that is located in Sumner County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cumberland County community of Highland Acres.
- Lee County
- This Highland Acres is located in Lee County and lies 418 miles [672.7 km] to the east of the Highland Acres that is located in Sumner County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lee County community of Highland Acres.
- Nova Scotia
- 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 Nova Scotia community of Highland Acres.
- South Carolina
- Anderson County
- This Highland Acres is located in Anderson County and lies 257 miles [413.6 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Highland Acres that is located in Sumner County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anderson County community of Highland Acres.
- Delaware
Curious and Interesting Names Near Highland Acres ...
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.
- Cedarbrook
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedarbrook have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarbrook
- Cedarbrook is located in Sumner County
- Cherokee Woods
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- 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 Sumner County
- Edenwold
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west) - High Chaparral
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for High Chaparral have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Chaparral
- High Chaparral is located in Sumner County
- Indian Forest
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Indian Forest have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Forest
- Indian Forest is located in Sumner County
- Meadowvale
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meadowvale have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowvale
- Meadowvale is located in Sumner County
- Panorama Harbor
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Panorama Harbor have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panorama Harbor
- Panorama Harbor is located in Sumner County
- Rockland
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest) - Rosewood
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast) - Scottish Highlands
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Scottish Highlands have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scottish Highlands
- Scottish Highlands is located in Sumner County
- Twin Valley
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Twin Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Valley
- Twin Valley is located in Sumner County
How Far From Highland Acres 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 Highland Acres to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Highland Acres and extending to:
- Gallatin, which is the Seat of Sumner County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Highland Acres to Gallatin, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest (SW). The buggy would take nearly four hours and walking would take five to six hours.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 554 miles [891.6 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 22 days and walking would take 32 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 7,130 miles [11,474.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,006 miles [8,056.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Highland Acres. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Sumner County: www.sumnertn.org/
The official website for State of Tennessee: https://www.tn.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Highland Acres) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Highland Acres. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.3070, Longitude: -86.6361 In this case, the coordinates for Highland Acres 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Highland Acres 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 Highland Acres 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 313.711 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.715 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.592 degrees. |