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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 Ingleside Hill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ingleside Hill 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 Ingleside Hill:
- 35.451462, -84.578545
- 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 Ingleside Hill
- 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 McMinn County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for McMinn County
- Since Ingleside Hill is near Monroe County and also Meigs County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Monroe County
- Open the 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:
- Open the Waymark.com report for Ingleside Hill
Curious and Interesting Names Near Ingleside Hill ...
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.
- Cedar Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Springs is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Springs
- Clearwater
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Clearwater is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearwater
- Heritage Park
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Heritage Park is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Park
- Manila
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Manila is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manila
- Marshall Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Marshall Hill is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall Hill
- Mashburn
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Mashburn is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mashburn
- Mount Harmony
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Harmony is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Harmony
- Piney Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Piney Grove is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Grove
- Poplar Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Poplar Hill is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Hill
- Suburban Hills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Suburban Hills is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suburban Hills
- Sunset View
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Sunset View is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset View
- Zion Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Zion Hill is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion Hill
How Far From Ingleside Hill 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 Ingleside Hill to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Ingleside Hill and extending to:
- Athens, which is the Seat of McMinn County, lies just to the West.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 132 miles [212.4 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Ingleside Hill to Nashville, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 478 miles [769.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 19 days and walking would take 28 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,368 miles [10,248.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,078 miles [11,390.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,954 miles [7,972.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Ingleside Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Ingleside Hill 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 Ingleside Hill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.4515, Longitude: -84.5785 In this case, the coordinates for Ingleside Hill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.427 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.117 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.94 degrees. |
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