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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 Sumter Hills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sumter 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 Sumter Hills:
- 36.127858, -83.931855
- 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 Sumter 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 Knox County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Knox County
- Since Sumter Hills is near Union County and also Anderson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Union County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Anderson 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 Sumter Hills
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sumter 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.
- Blueberry Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Blueberry Hills is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blueberry Hills
- Cedar Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Cedar Grove is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Cedarchase
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cedarchase is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarchase
- Copper Ridge
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Copper Ridge is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper Ridge
- Estimated population in 2014: 333 people
- Fieldview
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Fieldview is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fieldview
- Fountaincrest
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Fountaincrest is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountaincrest
- Freeway
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Freeway is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeway
- Halls
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Halls is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls
- Halls Crossroads
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Halls Crossroads is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls Crossroads
- Highland View
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Highland View is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland View
- Homestead
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Homestead is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homestead
- Mapleview
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mapleview is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapleview
- Continue List (7 more) ...
- Melbourne
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Melbourne is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melbourne
- Mill Run
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mill Run is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Run
- Murphy Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Murphy Hills is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphy Hills
- Paulette
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Paulette is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paulette
- Still Brook
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Still Brook is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Still Brook
- Stokes Mill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Stokes Mill is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stokes Mill
- Twinville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Twinville is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twinville
How Far From Sumter Hills 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 Sumter 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 Sumter Hills and extending to:
- Knoxville, which is the Seat of Knox County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Sumter Hills to Knoxville, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 158 miles [254.3 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 423 miles [680.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 17 days and walking would take 24 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,310 miles [10,155 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,021 miles [11,299.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,896 miles [7,879.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Sumter 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 Sumter 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 Sumter Hills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.1279, Longitude: -83.9319 In this case, the coordinates for Sumter Hills have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.054 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.784 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.494 degrees. |
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