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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 Highland Heights, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Highland 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 Highland Heights:
    • 35.178692, -87.052509
    • 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 Highland 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 Giles County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Giles County
    • Since Highland Heights is near Lawrence County and also Limestone County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lawrence County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Limestone 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 Highland Heights

Communities Also Named Highland Heights ...

We found twelve communities that are also named Highland Heights.

There are four communities within Tennessee that are also named Highland Heights.

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

  • Communities Located In Tennessee ...
    • Davidson County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Highland Heights [Davidson County].
    • Maury County
      • This Highland Heights is located in Maury County and lies 28 miles [45.1 km]<2> to the north of the Highland Heights that is located in Giles County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Maury County community of Highland Heights.
    • Shelby County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Highland Heights [Shelby County].
    • Wilson County
      • This Highland Heights is located in Wilson County and lies 77 miles [123.9 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Highland Heights that is located in Giles County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wilson County community of Highland Heights.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Florida
      • Hillsborough County
      • This Highland Heights is located in Hillsborough County and lies 567 miles [912.5 km]<2> to the south southeast of the Highland Heights that is located in Giles County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Highland Heights.
    • Georgia
      • Lowndes County
      • This Highland Heights is located in Lowndes County and lies 368 miles [592.2 km]<2> to the southeast of the Highland Heights that is located in Giles County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lowndes County community of Highland Heights.
    • Kentucky
      • Campbell County
      • This Highland Heights is located in Campbell County and lies 302 miles [486 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Highland Heights that is located in Giles County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Campbell County community of Highland Heights.
    • Ohio
      • Cuyahoga County
      • This Highland Heights is located in Cuyahoga County and lies 533 miles [857.8 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Highland Heights that is located in Giles County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cuyahoga County community of Highland Heights.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Delaware County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Highland Heights [Delaware County].
    • Texas
      • Harris County
      • This Highland Heights is located in Harris County and lies 609 miles [980.1 km]<2> to the southwest of the Highland Heights that is located in Giles County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harris County community of Highland Heights.
    • Virginia
      • Northampton County
      • This Highland Heights is located in Northampton County and lies 644 miles [1,036.4 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Highland Heights that is located in Giles County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Northampton County community of Highland Heights.
    • Washington
      • Grays Harbor County
      • This Highland Heights is located in Grays Harbor County and lies 2,076 miles [3,341 km]<2> to the northwest of the Highland Heights that is located in Giles County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grays Harbor County community of Highland Heights.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Highland 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.

  • Blooming Grove
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Blooming Grove is located in Giles County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blooming Grove
  • Crescent View
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Crescent View is located in Giles County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent View
  • Five Points
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Five Points is located in Giles County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
  • Goodspring
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Goodspring is located in Giles County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodspring
  • Gordon
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Gordon is located in Giles County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
    • Estimated population in 2014: 1,192 people
  • Green Acres
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Green Acres is located in Giles County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
  • Green Field
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Green Field is located in Giles County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Field
  • Oak Grove
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Oak Grove is located in Giles County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
  • Riversburg
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Riversburg is located in Giles County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riversburg
  • Sugartree Ford
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Sugartree Ford is located in Giles County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugartree Ford

How Far From Highland Heights to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers 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 Heights to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Pulaski, which is the Seat of Giles County, lies just to the Northeast.
  • Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 69 miles [111 km]<2> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could walk a straight line from Highland Heights to Nashville, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 608 miles [978.5 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 24 days and walking would take 35 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,482 miles [10,431.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,198 miles [11,584.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,073 miles [8,164.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Highland 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.
<2>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- Highland Heights) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Highland 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 Highland Heights. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.1787, Longitude: -87.0525       In this case, the coordinates for Highland Heights have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.92 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.799 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.034 degrees.