Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Silver Hill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Silver Hill and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Silver Hill
- 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 Silver Hill:
- 36.001451, -86.367214
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Silver 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 Rutherford County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Rutherford County
- Since Silver Hill is near Wilson County and also Davidson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Wilson County
- eBird sighting report for Davidson 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Silver Hill ...
We found thirteen communities that share the name Silver Hill.
Within Tennessee, the name Silver Hill is unique.
Beyond Tennessee, we know of another thirteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these thirteen communities, twelve are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Searcy County
- This Silver Hill is located in Searcy County and lies 356 miles [572.9 km]<1> to the west of the Silver Hill that is located in Rutherford County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Searcy County community of Silver Hill.
- Sevier 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 Arkansas community of Silver Hill [Sevier County].
- Georgia
- Charlton County
- This Silver Hill is located in Charlton County and lies 432 miles [695.2 km]<1> to the southeast of the Silver Hill that is located in Rutherford County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Charlton County community of Silver Hill.
- Chattooga County
- This Silver Hill is located in Chattooga County and lies 125 miles [201.2 km] to the south southeast of the Silver Hill that is located in Rutherford County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chattooga County community of Silver Hill.
- Maryland
- Frederick County
- This Silver Hill is located in Frederick County and lies 548 miles [881.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Silver Hill that is located in Rutherford County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Frederick County community of Silver Hill.
- Prince George's County
- This Silver Hill is located in Prince George's County and lies 552 miles [888.4 km] to the east northeast of the Silver Hill that is located in Rutherford County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Prince George's County community of Silver Hill.
- Massachusetts
- Middlesex County
- This Silver Hill is located in Middlesex County and lies 917 miles [1,475.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Silver Hill that is located in Rutherford County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Middlesex County community of Silver Hill.
- North Carolina
- Davidson County
- This Silver Hill is located in Davidson County and lies 345 miles [555.2 km]<1> to the east of the Silver Hill that is located in Rutherford County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davidson County community of Silver Hill.
- Pamlico County
- This Silver Hill is located in Pamlico County and lies 537 miles [864.2 km] to the east of the Silver Hill that is located in Rutherford County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pamlico County community of Silver Hill.
- Scotland County
- This Silver Hill is located in Scotland County and lies 394 miles [634.1 km] to the east of the Silver Hill that is located in Rutherford County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Scotland County community of Silver Hill.
- Ontario
- This Silver Hill lies 561 miles [902.8 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Silver Hill that is located in Rutherford County.
- Virginia
- Fauquier County
- This Silver Hill is located in Fauquier County and lies 506 miles [814.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Silver Hill that is located in Rutherford County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fauquier County community of Silver Hill.
- West Virginia
- Wetzel 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 West Virginia community of Silver Hill [Wetzel County].
- Arkansas
Curious and Interesting Names Near Silver 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.
- Colonial Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Colonial Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village
- Colonial Village is located in Rutherford County
- Fieldcrest
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fieldcrest have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fieldcrest
- Fieldcrest is located in Rutherford County
- Harbor Isles
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harbor Isles have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Isles
- Harbor Isles is located in Rutherford County
- Henry Lane
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Henry Lane have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henry Lane
- Henry Lane is located in Rutherford County
- Hickory Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hickory Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Grove
- Hickory Grove is located in Rutherford County
- Hurricane
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast) - Jamestown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest) - Joneswood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest) - Major
(5 miles [8 km] to the north) - Riverview
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest) - Riverwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast) - Rockdale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest) - Timberlake
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Timberlake have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timberlake
- Timberlake is located in Rutherford County
- Vine
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
How Far From Silver Hill 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 Silver Hill to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Silver Hill and extending to:
- Murfreesboro, which is the Seat of Rutherford County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Silver Hill to Murfreesboro, with an average speed<4> 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 25 miles [40.2 km] to the west northwest (WNW). The buggy would take most of a day and walking would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 548 miles [881.9 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<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 7,132 miles [11,477.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,008 miles [8,059.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Silver Hill. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Rutherford County: www.rutherfordcounty.org/
The official website for State of Tennessee: https://www.tn.gov/
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- Silver Hill) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Silver Hill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.0015, Longitude: -86.3672 In this case, the coordinates for Silver Hill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Silver Hill 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> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <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 Silver Hill to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.534 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.469 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.551 degrees. |