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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 Lake Hills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lake Hills 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 Lake Hills:
    • 35.081184, -85.192733
    • 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 Lake 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 Hamilton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hamilton County
    • Since Lake Hills 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 Lake Hills

Communities Also Named Lake Hills ...

We found seven communities that are also named Lake Hills.

There is one other community in Tennessee that is also named Lake Hills.

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

  • Communities Located In Tennessee ...
    • Coffee County
      • This Lake Hills is located in Coffee County and lies 61 miles [98.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Lake Hills that is located in Hamilton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coffee County community of Lake Hills.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Indiana
      • Lake County
      • This Lake Hills is located in Lake County and lies 457 miles [735.5 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Lake Hills that is located in Hamilton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lake County community of Lake Hills.
    • Maryland
      • Carroll County
      • This Lake Hills is located in Carroll County and lies 543 miles [873.9 km]<1> to the northeast of the Lake Hills that is located in Hamilton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Lake Hills.
    • Utah
      • Davis County
      • This Lake Hills is located in Davis County and lies 1,503 miles [2,418.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Lake Hills that is located in Hamilton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davis County community of Lake Hills.
    • Virginia
      • Albemarle County
      • This Lake Hills is located in Albemarle County and lies 426 miles [685.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Lake Hills that is located in Hamilton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Albemarle County community of Lake Hills.
      • Fairfax 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 Lake Hills [Fairfax County].
    • Washington
      • King County
      • This Lake Hills is located in King County and lies 2,075 miles [3,339.4 km]<1> to the northwest of the Lake Hills that is located in Hamilton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the King County community of Lake Hills.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Lake 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.

  • Cherokee Woods
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Cherokee Woods is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Woods
  • Green Hills
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Green Hills is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hills
  • Harbor Heights
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Harbor Heights is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Heights
  • Harbour Woods
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Harbour Woods is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbour Woods
  • Hickory Hills
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Hickory Hills is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hills
  • Hickory Valley
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Hickory Valley is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Valley
  • Holiday Hills
    (Less than 2 miles 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 southwest)
    • Indian Hills is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Hills
  • Kings Point
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Kings Point is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Point
  • Lake Vista
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Lake Vista is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Vista
  • Riverchase
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Riverchase is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverchase
  • Rollingwood
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Rollingwood is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rollingwood
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Shepherd
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Shepherd is located in Hamilton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shepherd
    • Silverdale
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Silverdale is located in Hamilton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silverdale
    • Turkeyfoot
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Turkeyfoot is located in Hamilton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkeyfoot
    • Vista Hills
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Vista Hills is located in Hamilton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vista Hills

How Far From Lake Hills to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Lake Hills to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Chattanooga, which is the Seat of Hamilton County, lies just to the West Southwest.
  • Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 116 miles [186.7 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Lake Hills to Nashville, with an average speed<3>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 521 miles [838.5 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,411 miles [10,317.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,121 miles [11,460.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,997 miles [8,041.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Lake Hills) 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 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 Lake Hills 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 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.
<4>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 Lake 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 Lake Hills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.0812, Longitude: -85.1927       In this case, the coordinates for Lake Hills have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.785 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.477 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.285 degrees.