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 Rural Hill:
36.067282, -86.631107
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 Rural Hill
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 Davidson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found four communities that are also named Rural Hill.
There is one other community in Tennessee that is also named Rural Hill.
Beyond Tennessee, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Located In Tennessee ...
Wilson County
This Rural Hill is located in Wilson County and lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Rural Hill that is located in Davidson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wilson County community of Rural Hill.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Illinois
Hamilton County
This Rural Hill is located in Hamilton County and lies 171 miles [275.2 km]<1> to the northwest of the Rural Hill that is located in Davidson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Rural Hill.
Mississippi
Winston County
This Rural Hill is located in Winston County and lies 256 miles [412 km]<1> to the southwest of the Rural Hill that is located in Davidson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Winston County community of Rural Hill.
New York
Jefferson County
This Rural Hill is located in Jefferson County and lies 767 miles [1,234.4 km]<1> to the northeast of the Rural Hill that is located in Davidson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Rural Hill.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Rural Hill ...
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.
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 Rural Hill to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Rural Hill and extending to:
Nashville, which is the Seat of Davidson County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Rural Hill to Nashville, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest (NW). The buggy would take a little over three hours and walking would take four to five hours.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 560 miles [901.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just over a day, a buggy would take 22 days and walking would take 32 days.
The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,423 miles [10,336.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,141 miles [11,492.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,016 miles [8,072.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Rural Hill) 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 Rural Hill 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 Rural Hill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.0673, Longitude: -86.6311 In this case, the coordinates for Rural Hill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.699 degrees.
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.668 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.648 degrees.