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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 River Hills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to River 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 River Hills:
    • 35.091184, -85.284958
    • 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 River 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 River Hills is near Marion County and also Walker 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 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 River Hills

Communities Also Named River Hills ...

We found seven communities that are also named River Hills.

Within Tennessee, the name River Hills is unique.

Beyond Tennessee, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these seven communities, six are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Georgia
      • DeKalb County
      • This River Hills is located in DeKalb County and lies 113 miles [181.9 km]<1> to the south southeast of the River Hills that is located in Hamilton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the DeKalb County community of River Hills.
    • Manitoba
      • This River Hills lies 1,167 miles [1,878.1 km]<1> to the north northwest of the River Hills that is located in Hamilton County.
    • North Carolina
      • Iredell 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 North Carolina community of River Hills [Iredell County].
      • Pitt County
      • This River Hills is located in Pitt County and lies 450 miles [724.2 km]<1> to the east of the River Hills that is located in Hamilton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pitt County community of River Hills.
      • Rutherford County
      • This River Hills is located in Rutherford County and lies 194 miles [312.2 km] to the east of the River Hills that is located in Hamilton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rutherford County community of River Hills.
    • Texas
      • Travis County
      • This River Hills is located in Travis County and lies 799 miles [1,285.9 km]<1> to the west southwest of the River Hills that is located in Hamilton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Travis County community of River Hills.
    • Wisconsin
      • Milwaukee County
      • This River Hills is located in Milwaukee County and lies 575 miles [925.4 km]<1> to the north northwest of the River Hills that is located in Hamilton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Milwaukee County community of River Hills.

Curious and Interesting Names Near River 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.

  • Bushtown
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Bushtown is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushtown
  • Colonial Village
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Colonial Village is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village
  • Dale Acres
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Dale Acres is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dale Acres
  • Forestdale
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Forestdale is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestdale
  • Fountain Village
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Fountain Village is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Village
  • Galaxy Heights
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Galaxy Heights is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galaxy Heights
  • Green Hills
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Green Hills is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hills
  • Kings Point
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Kings Point is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Point
  • Mountain Ridge
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Mountain Ridge is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Ridge
  • Orchard Knob
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Orchard Knob is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Knob
  • Quail Hollow
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Quail Hollow is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Hollow
  • Red Bank
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Continue List   (5 more) ...
    • Riverside Park
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Riverside Park is located in Hamilton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Park
    • Riverview
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Riverview is located in Hamilton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
    • Shepherd Forest
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Shepherd Forest is located in Hamilton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shepherd Forest
    • Signal Hills
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Signal Hills is located in Hamilton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Signal Hills
    • Spring Valley
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Spring Valley is located in Hamilton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley

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

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

  • Chattanooga, which is the Seat of Hamilton County, lies just to the South Southwest.
  • Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 111 miles [178.6 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from River Hills 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 525 miles [844.9 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 6,414 miles [10,322.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,125 miles [11,466.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,001 miles [8,048.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- River 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 River 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'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 River 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 River Hills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.0912, Longitude: -85.2850       In this case, the coordinates for River Hills have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.841 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.542 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.32 degrees.