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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 South Hills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to South 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 South Hills:
    • 35.683416, -84.012405
    • 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 South 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 Blount County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Blount County
    • Since South Hills is near Loudon County and also Monroe County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Loudon County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Monroe 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 South Hills

Communities Also Named South Hills ...

We found seven communities that are also named South Hills.

There is one other community in Tennessee that is also named South Hills.

Beyond Tennessee, we know of six communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Tennessee ...
    • Cumberland County
      • This South Hills is located in Cumberland County and lies 58 miles [93.3 km]<1> to the west northwest of the South Hills that is located in Blount County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cumberland County community of South Hills.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Kentucky
      • Kenton 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 Kentucky community of South Hills [Kenton County].
    • North Carolina
      • Cumberland County
      • This South Hills is located in Cumberland County and lies 288 miles [463.5 km]<1> to the east of the South Hills that is located in Blount County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cumberland County community of South Hills.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Allegheny County
      • This South Hills is located in Allegheny County and lies 390 miles [627.6 km]<1> to the north northeast of the South Hills that is located in Blount County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allegheny County community of South Hills.
    • South Carolina
      • Union County
      • This South Hills is located in Union County and lies 152 miles [244.6 km]<1> to the east southeast of the South Hills that is located in Blount County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Union County community of South Hills.
    • West Virginia
      • Kanawha County
      • This South Hills is located in Kanawha County and lies 225 miles [362.1 km]<1> to the north northeast of the South Hills that is located in Blount County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kanawha County community of South Hills.
      • Monongalia County
      • This South Hills is located in Monongalia County and lies 351 miles [564.9 km] to the northeast of the South Hills that is located in Blount County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monongalia County community of South Hills.

Curious and Interesting Names Near South 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.

  • Bestview
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Bestview is located in Blount County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bestview
  • Blockhouse
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Blockhouse is located in Blount County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blockhouse
  • Cherokee Heights
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Cherokee Heights is located in Blount County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Heights
  • Clover Hill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Clover Hill is located in Blount County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Hill
  • Forest Glen
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Forest Glen is located in Blount County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Glen
  • Green Valley
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Green Valley is located in Blount County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Valley
  • Greenwood
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Greenwood is located in Blount County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
  • Heritage Hills
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Heritage Hills is located in Blount County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Hills
  • Mint
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Mint is located in Blount County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mint
  • Sixmile
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Sixmile is located in Blount County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sixmile
  • Springview
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Springview is located in Blount County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springview
  • Sunset View
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Sunset View is located in Blount County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset View

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

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

  • Maryville, which is the Seat of Blount County, lies just to the North Northeast.
  • Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 158 miles [254.3 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from South Hills to Nashville, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 442 miles [711.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 18 days and walking would take 26 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,333 miles [10,192 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,043 miles [11,334.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,919 miles [7,916.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- South 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 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 South 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 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 South 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 South Hills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.6834, Longitude: -84.0124       In this case, the coordinates for South Hills have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.093 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.766 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.647 degrees.