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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 Palisades, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Palisades 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 Palisades:
- 35.117295, -85.338571
- 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 Palisades
- 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 Palisades is near Marion County and also Sequatchie County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Marion County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sequatchie 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 Palisades
Communities Also Named Palisades ...
We found eight communities that are also named Palisades.
Within Tennessee, the name Palisades is unique.
Beyond Tennessee, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Van Buren County
- This Palisades is located in Van Buren County and lies 395 miles [635.7 km]<1> to the west of the Palisades that is located in Hamilton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Van Buren County community of Palisades.
- Idaho
- Bonneville County
- This Palisades is located in Bonneville County and lies 1,488 miles [2,394.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Palisades that is located in Hamilton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bonneville County community of Palisades.
- Illinois
- DuPage County
- This Palisades is located in DuPage County and lies 476 miles [766 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Palisades that is located in Hamilton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the DuPage County community of Palisades.
- Kentucky
- Lyon County
- This Palisades is located in Lyon County and lies 199 miles [320.3 km]<1> to the northwest of the Palisades that is located in Hamilton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lyon County community of Palisades.
- Missouri
- Saint Louis 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 Missouri community of Palisades [Saint Louis County].
- New York
- Rockland County
- This Palisades is located in Rockland County and lies 741 miles [1,192.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Palisades that is located in Hamilton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rockland County community of Palisades.
- Texas
- Randall County
- This Palisades is located in Randall County and lies 929 miles [1,495.1 km]<1> to the west of the Palisades that is located in Hamilton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Randall County community of Palisades.
- Washington
- Douglas County
- This Palisades is located in Douglas County and lies 1,964 miles [3,160.8 km]<1> to the northwest of the Palisades that is located in Hamilton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Douglas County community of Palisades.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Palisades ...
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.
- Edwards Point
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Edwards Point is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwards Point
- Fountain Village
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Fountain Village is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Village
- Hiddenbrook
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Hiddenbrook is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hiddenbrook
- Mountain Ridge
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Mountain Ridge is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Ridge
- Quail Hollow
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Quail Hollow is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Hollow
- Red Bank
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Rustic Villa
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Rustic Villa is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rustic Villa
- Shepherd Forest
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Shepherd Forest is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shepherd Forest
- Signal Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Signal Hills is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Signal Hills
- Signal Mountain
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Skyline Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Skyline Park is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyline Park
- Spring Valley
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Spring Valley is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
How Far From Palisades 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 Palisades to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Palisades and extending to:
- Chattanooga, which is the Seat of Hamilton County, lies just to the South Southeast.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 108 miles [173.8 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Palisades to Nashville, with an average speed<4>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 526 miles [846.5 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,415 miles [10,323.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,126 miles [11,468.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,002 miles [8,049.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Palisades) 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 Palisades 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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Palisades 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 Palisades. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.1173, Longitude: -85.3386 In this case, the coordinates for Palisades have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.874 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.584 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.336 degrees. |
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