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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 Huckleberry, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Huckleberry 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 Huckleberry:
    • 35.260346, -85.211069
    • 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 Huckleberry
  • 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 Hamilton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hamilton County
    • Since Huckleberry is near Sequatchie County and also Bledsoe County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Sequatchie County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Bledsoe 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 Huckleberry

Communities Also Named Huckleberry ...

We found four communities that are also named Huckleberry.

Within Tennessee, the name Huckleberry is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Florida
      • Orange 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 Florida community of Huckleberry [Orange County].
    • Maryland
      • Charles County
      • This Huckleberry is located in Charles County and lies 503 miles [809.5 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Huckleberry that is located in Hamilton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Charles County community of Huckleberry.
    • Ohio
      • Trumbull 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 Ohio community of Huckleberry [Trumbull County].
    • Virginia
      • Dickenson County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Huckleberry [Dickenson County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Huckleberry ...

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.

  • Caramel Village
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Caramel Village is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caramel Village
  • Crabtree Hills
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Crabtree Hills is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crabtree Hills
    • Estimated population in 2014: 763 people
  • Cross Timbers
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Cross Timbers is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Timbers
  • Daisy
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Daisy is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daisy
  • Dana Hills
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Dana Hills is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dana Hills
  • Echo Glen
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Echo Glen is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo Glen
  • Falling Water
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Falling Water is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falling Water
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 1,232 people
  • Garden Farms
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Garden Farms is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Farms
  • Grant
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Grant is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant
  • Green Cove
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Green Cove is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Cove
  • Greens Mill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Greens Mill is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greens Mill
  • Holly Heights
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Holly Heights is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Heights
  • Continue List   (7 more) ...
    • Irongate
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Irongate is located in Hamilton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irongate
    • Lakesite
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Lakesite is located in Hamilton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakesite
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,866 people
    • Mile Straight
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Mile Straight is located in Hamilton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mile Straight
    • Prairie Peninsula
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Prairie Peninsula is located in Hamilton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Peninsula
    • Sandalwood Village
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Sandalwood Village is located in Hamilton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandalwood Village
    • Shady Grove Shores
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Shady Grove Shores is located in Hamilton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove Shores
    • Springcrest
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Springcrest is located in Hamilton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springcrest

How Far From Huckleberry 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 Huckleberry to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Chattanooga, which is the Seat of Hamilton County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<2> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Huckleberry to Chattanooga, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day 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 107 miles [172.2 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 515 miles [828.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 21 days and walking would take 30 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,403 miles [10,304.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,114 miles [11,448.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,990 miles [8,030.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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 Huckleberry 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 '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- Huckleberry) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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 Huckleberry, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Huckleberry 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 Huckleberry. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.2603, Longitude: -85.2111       In this case, the coordinates for Huckleberry have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.802 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.522 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.248 degrees.