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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, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Soddy 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:
- 35.291018, -85.158288
- 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
- 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 is near Meigs County and also Bledsoe 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 Bledsoe 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
Curious and Interesting Names Near Soddy ...
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
(3 miles [4.8 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
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- 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 south)
- 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
- Dana Hills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Dana Hills is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dana Hills
- Flat Top
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Garden Farms
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Garden Farms is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Farms
- Grant
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Grant is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant
- Green Cove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Green Cove is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Cove
- Holly Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Holly Heights is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Heights
- Hughes ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hughes is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughes
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Irongate
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Irongate is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irongate
- Lakesite
(6 miles [9.7 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
- Prairie Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Prairie Creek is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Creek
- Prairie Peninsula
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Prairie Peninsula is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Peninsula
- Sale Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sandalwood Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Sandalwood Village is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandalwood Village
- Shady Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Shady Grove is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Shady Grove Shores
(3 miles [4.8 km] 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 to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers 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 to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Soddy and extending to:
- Chattanooga, which is the Seat of Hamilton County, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<2> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Soddy to Chattanooga, with an average speed<3> 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 6 hours.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 108 miles [173.8 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<4> 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).<5>
- 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).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,986 miles [8,024.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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- Soddy) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 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. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.2910, Longitude: -85.1583 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.771 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.491 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.219 degrees. |
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