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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 Soddy Lake Heights, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Soddy Lake Heights 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 Soddy Lake Heights:
- 35.278125, -85.135789
- 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 Soddy Lake Heights
- 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 Soddy Lake Heights is near Meigs County and also Bradley County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Meigs County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bradley 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 Soddy Lake Heights
Curious and Interesting Names Near Soddy Lake Heights ...
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.
- Bakewell
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Bakewell is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakewell
- Caramel Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Caramel Village is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caramel Village
- Crabtree Hills
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Crabtree Hills is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crabtree Hills
- Estimated population in 2014: 763 people
- Cross Timbers
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cross Timbers is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Timbers
- Daisy
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Daisy is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daisy
- Flat Top
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Flat Top is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Top
- Population from the 2010 Census: 422 people
- Garden Farms
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Garden Farms is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Farms
- Grant
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Grant is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant
- Green Cove
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Green Cove is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Cove
- Holly Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Holly Heights is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Heights
- Lakesite
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Lakesite is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakesite
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,866 people
- Mile Straight
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mile Straight is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mile Straight
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Prairie Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Prairie Creek is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Creek
- Prairie Peninsula
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Prairie Peninsula is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Peninsula
- Shady Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Shady Grove is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Shady Grove Shores
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Shady Grove Shores is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove Shores
- Springcrest
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Springcrest is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springcrest
How Far From Soddy Lake Heights 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 Soddy Lake Heights to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Soddy Lake Heights and extending to:
- Chattanooga, which is the Seat of Hamilton County, lies 18 miles [29 km]<1> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Soddy Lake Heights to Chattanooga, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 110 miles [177 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 511 miles [822.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 29 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,399 miles [10,298.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,110 miles [11,442.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,986 miles [8,024.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Soddy Lake Heights) 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 Soddy Lake Heights 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 Soddy Lake Heights. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.2781, Longitude: -85.1358 In this case, the coordinates for Soddy Lake Heights have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.757 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.473 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.213 degrees. |
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