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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 Plantation Hills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Plantation 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 Plantation Hills:
    • 36.002583, -83.897684
    • 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 Plantation 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 Knox County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Knox County
    • Since Plantation Hills is near Hamilton County and also Blount County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hamilton County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Blount 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 Plantation Hills

Communities Also Named Plantation Hills ...

We found one communities that are also named Plantation Hills.

Within Tennessee, the name Plantation Hills is unique.

Beyond Tennessee, there is another community also named Plantation Hills in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Georgia
      • Dougherty County
      • This Plantation Hills is located in Dougherty County and lies 304 miles [489.2 km]<1> to the south of the Plantation Hills that is located in Knox County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dougherty County community of Plantation Hills.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Plantation 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.

  • Beverly
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Beverly is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beverly
  • Fountain City
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Fountain City is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain City
  • Greenway
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Greenway is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenway
  • Island Home
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Island Home is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island Home
  • Kings Valley
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Kings Valley is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Valley
    • Estimated population in 2014: 5,835 people
  • Lincoln Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Lincoln Park is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Park
  • Loveland
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Loveland is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loveland
  • Mule Hollow
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Mule Hollow is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mule Hollow
  • Oak Grove
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Oak Grove is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
  • Park City
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Park City is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park City
  • Ruggles Ferry
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Ruggles Ferry is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruggles Ferry
  • Spring Place
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Spring Place is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Place
  • Whittle Springs
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Whittle Springs is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whittle Springs

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

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

  • Knoxville, which is the Seat of Knox County, lies just to the South Southwest.
  • Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 161 miles [259.1 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Plantation Hills to Nashville, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 425 miles [684 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 17 days and walking would take 25 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,314 miles [10,161.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,024 miles [11,304 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,900 miles [7,885.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Plantation Hills) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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.
<3>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 Plantation 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 Plantation Hills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.0026, Longitude: -83.8977       In this case, the coordinates for Plantation Hills have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.031 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.74 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.514 degrees.