Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Hills and Dales, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hills and Dales and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Hills and Dales
- 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 Hills and Dales:
- 35.191740, -84.918002
- 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 Hills and Dales
- 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 Bradley County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Bradley County
- Since Hills and Dales is near Hamilton County and also Meigs County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Hamilton County
- eBird sighting report for Meigs 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 Hills and Dales ...
We found five communities that share the name Hills and Dales.
Within Tennessee, the name Hills and Dales is unique.
Beyond Tennessee, we know of another five communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Indiana
- 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 Indiana community of Hills and Dales [Delaware County].
- Kentucky
- Jefferson County
- This Hills and Dales is located in Jefferson County and lies 218 miles [350.8 km]<2> to the north of the Hills and Dales that is located in Bradley County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Hills and Dales.
- Michigan
- Kent 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 Michigan community of Hills and Dales [Kent County].
- Ohio
- Stark County
- This Hills and Dales is located in Stark County and lies 432 miles [695.2 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Hills and Dales that is located in Bradley County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stark County community of Hills and Dales.
- Texas
- Bexar 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 Texas community of Hills and Dales [Bexar County].
- Indiana
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hills and Dales ...
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.
- Arrowhead Point
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Arrowhead Point have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrowhead Point
- Arrowhead Point is located in Bradley County
- Black Fox
(5 miles [8 km] to the south) - Camelot
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north) - Dockery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south) - Eureka Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eureka Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka Hills
- Eureka Hills is located in Bradley County
- Foxfire
(5 miles [8 km] to the east) - Freewill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north) - Green Meadow
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Green Meadow have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Meadow
- Green Meadow is located in Bradley County
- Hopewell
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast) - Meadowview
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meadowview have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowview
- Meadowview is located in Hamilton County
- Misty Ridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Misty Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Misty Ridge
- Misty Ridge is located in Bradley County
- Mountainbrook
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mountainbrook have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountainbrook
- Mountainbrook is located in Bradley County
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- Prospect
(Less than 2 miles to the south) - Rolling Brook
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rolling Brook have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Brook
- Rolling Brook is located in Bradley County
- Rolling Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rolling Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Hills
- Rolling Hills is located in Bradley County
- Timber Hills
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Timber Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Hills
- Timber Hills is located in Bradley County
- Twin Oaks
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast) - Whisperwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Whisperwood have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whisperwood
- Whisperwood is located in Bradley County
- Prospect
How Far From Hills and Dales 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 Hills and Dales to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Hills and Dales and extending to:
- Cleveland, which is the Seat of Bradley County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 123 miles [197.9 km]<2> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Hills and Dales 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 503 miles [809.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 29 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,394 miles [10,290.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,104 miles [11,432.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,980 miles [8,014.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Hills and Dales. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Bradley County: www.bradleyco.net/
The official website for State of Tennessee: https://www.tn.gov/
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 Hills and Dales 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Hills and Dales) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Hills and Dales. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.1917, Longitude: -84.9180 In this case, the coordinates for Hills and Dales have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Hills and Dales 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 312.623 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.306 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.145 degrees. |