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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 Kingston Hills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Kingston Hills 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 Kingston Hills:
- 35.914525, -84.040744
- 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 Kingston Hills
- 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 Knox County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Knox County
- Since Kingston Hills is near Blount County and also Anderson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Blount County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Anderson 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 Kingston Hills
Curious and Interesting Names Near Kingston Hills ...
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.
- Blue Grass
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Blue Grass is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Grass
- Cedar Bluff
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Cedar Bluff is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Bluff
- Cedar Springs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Cedar Springs is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Springs
- Countryside
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Countryside is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Countryside
- Ebenezer
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Ebenezer is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebenezer
- Echo Valley
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Echo Valley is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo Valley
- Fair Oaks
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Fair Oaks is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Oaks
- Fox Fire
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Fox Fire is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Fire
- Galewood
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Galewood is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galewood
- Green Valley
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Green Valley is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Valley
- Gulfwood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Gulfwood is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulfwood
- Hickory Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Hickory Hills is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hills
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Landmark
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Landmark is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landmark
- Lyons View
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Lyons View is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyons View
- Mockingbird Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Mockingbird Hill is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mockingbird Hill
- Pine Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Springs is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Springs
- Riverbend
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Riverbend is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverbend
- Rocky Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Rocky Hill is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Hill
- Spanish Trails
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Spanish Trails is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spanish Trails
- Stonebrook
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Stonebrook is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonebrook
- Suburban Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Suburban Hills is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suburban Hills
- Ten Mile
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Ten Mile is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ten Mile
How Far From Kingston Hills 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 Kingston Hills to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Kingston Hills and extending to:
- Knoxville, which is the Seat of Knox County, lies just to the East Northeast.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 153 miles [246.2 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Kingston Hills 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 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 435 miles [700.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 17 days and walking would take 25 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,324 miles [10,177.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,034 miles [11,320.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,910 miles [7,901.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
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 from Point A (ie- Kingston Hills) 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 Kingston Hills 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 Kingston Hills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.9145, Longitude: -84.0407 In this case, the coordinates for Kingston Hills have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.115 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.824 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.597 degrees. |
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