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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:
    • 35.929235, -85.004956
    • 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 Cumberland County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cumberland County
    • Since South Hills is near White County and also Rhea County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for White County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Rhea 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 ...
    • Blount County
      • This South Hills is located in Blount County and lies 58 miles [93.3 km]<1> to the east southeast of the South Hills that is located in Cumberland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Blount 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 345 miles [555.2 km]<1> to the east of the South Hills that is located in Cumberland 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 409 miles [658.2 km]<1> to the northeast of the South Hills that is located in Cumberland 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 209 miles [336.4 km]<1> to the east southeast of the South Hills that is located in Cumberland 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 248 miles [399.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the South Hills that is located in Cumberland 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 375 miles [603.5 km] to the northeast of the South Hills that is located in Cumberland 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.

  • Bowling
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Bowling is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowling
  • Camelot
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Camelot is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot
  • Crossville
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Fairyland
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Fairyland is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairyland
  • Foxfire
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Foxfire is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxfire
  • Hide-A-Way Hills
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Hide-A-Way Hills is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hide-A-Way Hills
  • Highland View
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Highland View is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland View
  • Hillcrest
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Hillcrest is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
  • Holiday Hills
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Holiday Hills is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Hills
  • Homestead
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Homestead is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homestead
  • Livesay
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Livesay is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livesay
  • Meadowview
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Meadowview is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowview
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Rolling Hills
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Rolling Hills is located in Cumberland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Hills
    • Volunteer Heights
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Volunteer Heights is located in Cumberland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Volunteer Heights
    • Wild Plum
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Wild Plum is located in Cumberland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wild Plum
    • Woodlawn
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Woodlawn is located in Cumberland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn

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:

  • Crossville, which is the Seat of Cumberland County, lies just to the Northwest.
  • Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 100 miles [160.9 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from South Hills to Nashville, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 482 miles [775.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 19 days and walking would take 28 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,363 miles [10,240.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,076 miles [11,387.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,952 miles [7,969.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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 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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 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: 35.9292, Longitude: -85.0050       In this case, the coordinates for South Hills have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.698 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.497 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.994 degrees.