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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 Hite, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hite 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 Hite:
    • 36.152835, -86.683330
    • 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 Hite
  • 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 Davidson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Davidson County
    • Since Hite is near Wilson County and also Sumner County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Wilson County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Sumner 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 Hite

Communities Also Named Hite ...

We found five communities that are also named Hite.

Within Tennessee, the name Hite is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Kentucky
      • Floyd County
      • This Hite is located in Floyd County and lies 237 miles [381.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Hite that is located in Davidson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Floyd County community of Hite.
    • Louisiana
      • Beauregard Parish
      • This Hite is located in Beauregard Parish and lies 530 miles [853 km]<1> to the southwest of the Hite that is located in Davidson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Beauregard Parish community of Hite.
    • Utah
      • Garfield County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Hite [Garfield County].
    • Washington
      • Spokane County
      • This Hite is located in Spokane County and lies 1,768 miles [2,845.3 km]<1> to the northwest of the Hite that is located in Davidson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Spokane County community of Hite.
    • West Virginia
      • Marion County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Hite [Marion County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Hite ...

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.

  • Bakertown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Bakertown is located in Davidson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakertown
  • Berry Hill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Berry Hill is located in Davidson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berry Hill
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 492 people
  • Cloverhill
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Cloverhill is located in Davidson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverhill
  • Curry ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Curry is located in Davidson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curry
  • Dog Town ‑ Historic
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Dog Town is located in Davidson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dog Town
  • Gertrude ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Gertrude is located in Davidson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gertrude
  • Glenview
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Glenview is located in Davidson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenview
  • Haysboro
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Haysboro is located in Davidson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haysboro
  • Hermitage
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Hermitage Hills
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Hermitage Hills is located in Davidson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermitage Hills
  • Hopewell
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Hopewell is located in Davidson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
  • Jimtown ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Jimtown is located in Davidson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jimtown
  • Continue List   (7 more) ...
    • Maplewood
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Maplewood is located in Davidson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
    • Marvel ‑ Historic
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Marvel is located in Davidson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marvel
      • Estimated population in 2014: 11,322 people
    • Merry Oaks
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Merry Oaks is located in Davidson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merry Oaks
    • Mudtavern
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Mudtavern is located in Davidson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mudtavern
    • Pebble Creek
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Pebble Creek is located in Davidson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pebble Creek
    • Providence
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Providence is located in Davidson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
    • Rosebank
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Rosebank is located in Davidson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosebank

How Far From Hite 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 Hite 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 community of Hite once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Hite and extending to:

  • Nashville, which is the Seat of Davidson County, lies just to the West.
  • Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies just to the west (W).
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 560 miles [901.2 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Hite to White House, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 32 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 22 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,421 miles [10,333.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,139 miles [11,489.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,014 miles [8,069.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Hite) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Hite, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Hite 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.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<6>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 Hite 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 Hite. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.1528, Longitude: -86.6833       In this case, the coordinates for Hite have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.735 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.721 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.65 degrees.