Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Mitchel Heights:
  • 35.957290, -85.041625
  • 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 Mitchel Heights

• 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 Cumberland County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Cumberland County
  • Since Mitchel Heights is near White County and also Putnam County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for White County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Putnam 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 Mitchel Heights

Curious and Interesting Names Near Mitchel Heights ...

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.

• Camelot
  (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Camelot is located in Cumberland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot
• Crossville
  (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Crossville is located in Cumberland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossville
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,899 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Crossville <1>
• Foxfire
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Foxfire is located in Cumberland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxfire
• Hide-A-Way Hills
  (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Hide-A-Way Hills is located in Cumberland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hide-A-Way Hills
• Hillcrest
  (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Hillcrest is located in Cumberland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
• Holiday Hills
  (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Holiday Hills is located in Cumberland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Hills
• Howard Springs
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Howard Springs is located in Cumberland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard Springs
• Livesay
  (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Livesay is located in Cumberland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livesay
• Meadowview
  (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Meadowview is located in Cumberland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowview
• Rolling Hills
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Rolling Hills is located in Cumberland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Hills
• Volunteer Heights
  (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Volunteer Heights is located in Cumberland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Volunteer Heights
• Woodlawn
  (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Woodlawn is located in Cumberland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn

How Far From Mitchel Heights to ...

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Mitchel Heights and extending to:

• Crossville, which is the Seat of Cumberland County, lies just to the Southeast.
• Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 97 miles [156.1 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Mitchel Heights to Nashville, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take three full days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 483 miles [777.3 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,363 miles [10,240.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,077 miles [11,389.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,952 miles [7,969.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'