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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 Rolling Hills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to South Rolling Hills 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 South Rolling Hills:
- 35.193684, -84.902724
- 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 Rolling 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 Bradley County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bradley County
- Since South Rolling Hills is near Hamilton County and also Meigs County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hamilton County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Meigs 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 Rolling Hills
Curious and Interesting Names Near South Rolling 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.
- Arrowhead Point
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Arrowhead Point is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrowhead Point
- Black Fox
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Black Fox is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Fox
- Camelot
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Camelot is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot
- Dockery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Dockery is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dockery
- Eureka
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Eureka is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
- Eureka Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Eureka Hills is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka Hills
- Foxfire
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Foxfire is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxfire
- Freewill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Freewill is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freewill
- Green Meadow
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Green Meadow is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Meadow
- Hills and Dales
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Hills and Dales is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hills and Dales
- Hopewell
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Hopewell is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
- Meadowview
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Meadowview is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowview
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Misty Ridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Misty Ridge is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Misty Ridge
- Mountainbrook
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Mountainbrook is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountainbrook
- Peach Orchard
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Peach Orchard is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peach Orchard
- Prospect
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Prospect is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect
- Rolling Brook
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Rolling Brook is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Brook
- Rolling Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Rolling Hills is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Hills
- Royal Oak
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Royal Oak is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Oak
- Tasso
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Tasso is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tasso
- Tasso Heights
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Tasso Heights is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tasso Heights
- Timber Hills
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Timber Hills is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Hills
- Twin Oaks
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Twin Oaks is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Oaks
- Whisperwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Whisperwood is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whisperwood
How Far From South Rolling 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 Rolling Hills to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in South Rolling Hills and extending to:
- Cleveland, which is the Seat of Bradley County, lies just to the South Southeast.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 124 miles [199.6 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from South Rolling Hills to Nashville, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 503 miles [809.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of 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 6,393 miles [10,288.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,103 miles [11,431.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,979 miles [8,012.9 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- South Rolling Hills) 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 South Rolling 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 Rolling Hills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.1937, Longitude: -84.9027 In this case, the coordinates for South Rolling Hills have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.614 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.296 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.138 degrees. |
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