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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 Murray Hills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Murray 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 Murray Hills:
    • 35.093128, -85.203289
    • 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 Murray 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 Murray 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 Murray Hills

Communities Also Named Murray Hills ...

We found three communities that are also named Murray Hills.

Within Tennessee, the name Murray Hills is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Georgia
      • Richmond County
      • This Murray Hills is located in Richmond County and lies 211 miles [339.6 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Murray Hills that is located in Hamilton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Richmond County community of Murray Hills.
    • Maryland
      • Prince George's 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 Maryland community of Murray Hills [Prince George's County].
    • North Carolina
      • Cumberland County
      • This Murray Hills is located in Cumberland County and lies 353 miles [568.1 km]<1> to the east of the Murray Hills that is located in Hamilton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cumberland County community of Murray Hills.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Murray 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 south)
    • Cherokee Woods is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Woods
  • Dale Acres
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Dale Acres is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dale Acres
  • Galaxy Heights
    (3 miles [4.8 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 northwest)
    • Green Hills is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hills
  • Harbor Heights
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • 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
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Hickory Hills is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hills
  • Hickory Woods
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Hickory Woods is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Woods
  • Holiday Hills
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • 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
  • Kings Point
    (Less than 2 miles 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 southeast)
    • Lake Vista is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Vista
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Riverchase
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Riverchase is located in Hamilton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverchase
    • Riverside Park
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Riverside Park is located in Hamilton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Park
    • Rollingwood
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Rollingwood is located in Hamilton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rollingwood
    • Shepherd
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Shepherd is located in Hamilton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shepherd
    • 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 southeast)
      • Vista Hills is located in Hamilton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vista Hills

How Far From Murray Hills 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 Murray Hills to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Murray 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 115 miles [185.1 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Murray 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 6,410 miles [10,315.9 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 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Murray 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 Murray 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 Murray 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 Murray Hills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.0931, Longitude: -85.2033       In this case, the coordinates for Murray Hills have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.791 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.486 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.286 degrees.