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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 Villa Heights, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Villa Heights 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 Villa Heights:
- 35.212017, -84.895779
- 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 Villa Heights
- 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 Villa Heights 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 Villa Heights
Communities Also Named Villa Heights ...
We found seven communities that are also named Villa Heights.
Within Tennessee, the name Villa Heights is unique.
Beyond Tennessee, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Maryland
- Howard County
- This Villa Heights is located in Howard County and lies 522 miles [840.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Villa Heights that is located in Bradley County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Howard County community of Villa Heights.
- Prince George's County
- This Villa Heights is located in Prince George's County and lies 508 miles [817.5 km] to the east northeast of the Villa Heights that is located in Bradley County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Prince George's County community of Villa Heights.
- Missouri
- Jasper 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 Missouri community of Villa Heights [Jasper County].
- North Carolina
- Mecklenburg County
- This Villa Heights is located in Mecklenburg County and lies 230 miles [370.1 km]<1> to the east of the Villa Heights that is located in Bradley County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mecklenburg County community of Villa Heights.
- Virginia
- Henry County
- This Villa Heights is located in Henry County and lies 297 miles [478 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Villa Heights that is located in Bradley County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henry County community of Villa Heights.
- Norfolk City
- 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 Virginia community of Villa Heights [Norfolk City].
- Roanoke City
- This Villa Heights is located in Roanoke City and lies 309 miles [497.3 km] to the east northeast of the Villa Heights that is located in Bradley County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Roanoke City community of Villa Heights.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Villa Heights ...
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.
- Camelot
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Camelot is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot
- Eureka Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Eureka Hills is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka Hills
- Freewill
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Freewill is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freewill
- Hills and Dales
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Hills and Dales is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hills and Dales
- Hopewell
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Hopewell is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
- Mountainbrook
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Mountainbrook is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountainbrook
- Prospect
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Prospect is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect
- Rolling Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Rolling Hills is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Hills
How Far From Villa Heights 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 Villa Heights to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Villa Heights 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 Villa Heights to Nashville, with an average speed<3>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 502 miles [807.9 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,392 miles [10,286.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,102 miles [11,429.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,978 miles [8,011.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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- Villa Heights) 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek 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 Villa Heights 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 Villa Heights 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 Villa Heights. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.2120, Longitude: -84.8958 In this case, the coordinates for Villa Heights have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.61 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.294 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.131 degrees. |
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