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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 Kings Point, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Kings Point 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 Kings Point:
    • 35.090438, -85.233695
    • 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 Kings Point
  • 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 Kings Point is near Catoosa County and also Walker County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Catoosa County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Walker 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 Kings Point

Communities Also Named Kings Point ...

We found nine communities that are also named Kings Point.

Within Tennessee, the name Kings Point is unique.

Beyond Tennessee, we know of nine communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these nine communities, eight are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Florida
      • Palm Beach County
      • This Kings Point is located in Palm Beach County and lies 668 miles [1,075 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Kings Point that is located in Hamilton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Palm Beach County community of Kings Point.
    • Georgia
      • Douglas County
      • This Kings Point is located in Douglas County and lies 101 miles [162.5 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Kings Point that is located in Hamilton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Douglas County community of Kings Point.
    • Louisiana
      • Saint Tammany Parish
      • This Kings Point is located in Saint Tammany Parish and lies 424 miles [682.4 km]<1> to the southwest of the Kings Point that is located in Hamilton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Tammany Parish community of Kings Point.
    • Missouri
      • Dade County
      • This Kings Point is located in Dade County and lies 508 miles [817.5 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Kings Point that is located in Hamilton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dade County community of Kings Point.
    • Montana
      • Lake County
      • This Kings Point is located in Lake County and lies 1,719 miles [2,766.5 km]<1> to the northwest of the Kings Point that is located in Hamilton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lake County community of Kings Point.
    • New York
      • Nassau County
      • This Kings Point is located in Nassau County and lies 739 miles [1,189.3 km]<1> to the northeast of the Kings Point that is located in Hamilton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nassau County community of Kings Point.
    • Newfoundland and Labrador
      • This Kings Point lies 1,771 miles [2,850.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the Kings Point that is located in Hamilton County.
    • Virginia
      • James City County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Kings Point [James City County].
      • Suffolk City
      • This Kings Point is located in Suffolk City and lies 495 miles [796.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Kings Point that is located in Hamilton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Suffolk City community of Kings Point.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Kings Point ...

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.

  • Bushtown
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Bushtown is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushtown
  • Cherokee Woods
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Cherokee Woods is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Woods
  • Colonial Village
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Colonial Village is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village
  • Dale Acres
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Dale Acres is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dale Acres
  • Forestdale
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Forestdale is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestdale
  • Galaxy Heights
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Galaxy Heights is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galaxy Heights
  • Green Hills
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Green Hills is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hills
  • Harbor Heights
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Harbor Heights is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Heights
  • Hickory Woods
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Hickory Woods is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Woods
  • Holiday Hills
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Holiday Hills is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Hills
  • Indian Hills
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Indian Hills is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Hills
  • Lake Vista
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Lake Vista is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Vista
  • Continue List   (8 more) ...
    • Red Bank
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Ridgeside
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Ridgeside is located in Hamilton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeside
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 446 people
    • Riverchase
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Riverchase is located in Hamilton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverchase
    • Riverside Park
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Riverside Park is located in Hamilton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Park
    • Riverview
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Riverview is located in Hamilton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
    • Rollingwood
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Rollingwood is located in Hamilton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rollingwood
    • Turkeyfoot
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Turkeyfoot is located in Hamilton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkeyfoot
    • Vista Hills
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Vista Hills is located in Hamilton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vista Hills

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

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

  • Chattanooga, which is the Seat of Hamilton County, lies just to the Southwest.
  • Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 113 miles [181.9 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Kings Point 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 522 miles [840.1 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 6,412 miles [10,319.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,122 miles [11,461.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,998 miles [8,043.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Kings Point) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Kings Point 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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Kings Point 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 Kings Point. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.0904, Longitude: -85.2337       In this case, the coordinates for Kings Point have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.81 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.507 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.30 degrees.