Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Mapleton Hills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mapleton Hills and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Mapleton Hills

• 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 Mapleton Hills:
  • 35.234240, -84.847167
  • 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 Mapleton 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 Bradley County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Bradley County
  • Since Mapleton Hills is near McMinn County and also Meigs County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for McMinn 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 Mapleton Hills

Curious and Interesting Names Near Mapleton 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.

• Arrowhead Point
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Arrowhead Point is located in Bradley County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrowhead Point
• Camelot
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Camelot is located in Bradley County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot
• Eureka
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Eureka is located in Bradley County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
• Eureka Hills
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Eureka Hills is located in Bradley County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka Hills
• Hickory Hills
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Hickory Hills is located in Bradley County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hills
• Hopewell
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Hopewell is located in Bradley County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
• Rolling Brook
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Rolling Brook is located in Bradley County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Brook
• Royal Oak
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Royal Oak is located in Bradley County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Oak
• Tasso
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Tasso is located in Bradley County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tasso
• Tasso Heights
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Tasso Heights is located in Bradley County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tasso Heights
• Whisperwood
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Whisperwood is located in Bradley County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whisperwood

How Far From Mapleton 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 Mapleton 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 Mapleton Hills and extending to:

• Cleveland, which is the Seat of Bradley County, lies just to the South Southwest.
• Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 125 miles [201.2 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Mapleton Hills to Nashville, with an average speed<2>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 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 498 miles [801.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 29 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,389 miles [10,282.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,099 miles [11,424.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,975 miles [8,006.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'