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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 Wells Hill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wells Hill 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 Wells Hill:
    • 35.102862, -86.566662
    • 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 Wells Hill
  • 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 Lincoln County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lincoln County
    • Since Wells Hill is near Madison County and also Moore County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Madison County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Moore 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 Wells Hill

Communities Also Named Wells Hill ...

We found one communities that are also named Wells Hill.

Within Tennessee, the name Wells Hill is unique.

Beyond Tennessee, there is another community also named Wells Hill in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Kentucky
      • Morgan County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Wells Hill [Morgan County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Wells Hill ...

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.

  • Elk Mill Village
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Elk Mill Village is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Mill Village
  • Gethsemane ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Gethsemane is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gethsemane
  • Harms
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Harms is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harms
  • Highland Rim
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Highland Rim is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Rim
  • Liberty
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Liberty is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
  • Marys Grove
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Marys Grove is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marys Grove
  • Park City
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Park City is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park City
  • Pleasant Grove
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Pleasant Grove is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
  • Prospect
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Prospect is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect
  • Rolling Hills
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Rolling Hills is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Hills
  • Roper Ferry
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Roper Ferry is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roper Ferry
  • Three Oaks
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Three Oaks is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Oaks

How Far From Wells Hill 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 Wells Hill to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<2> community of Wells Hill once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Wells Hill and extending to:

  • Fayetteville, which is the Seat of Lincoln County, lies just to the North.
  • Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 74 miles [119.1 km]<3> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from Wells Hill 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 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 586 miles [943.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 23 days and walking would take 34 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,466 miles [10,406 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,180 miles [11,555.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,056 miles [8,136.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Wells Hill 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.
<2>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Wells Hill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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- Wells Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Wells Hill 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 Wells Hill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.1029, Longitude: -86.5667       In this case, the coordinates for Wells Hill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.619 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.441 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.848 degrees.