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 West Hills:
36.317884, -82.375141
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 West 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 Washington County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found seventeen communities that are also named West Hills.
There are four communities within Tennessee that are also named West Hills.
Beyond Tennessee, we know of thirteen communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Located In Tennessee ...
Blount County
This West Hills is located in Blount County and lies 101 miles [162.5 km]<1> to the west southwest of the West Hills that is located in Washington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Blount County community of West Hills.
Hamblen County
This West Hills is located in Hamblen County and lies 55 miles [88.5 km]<1> to the west of the West Hills that is located in Washington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamblen County community of West Hills.
Knox County
This West Hills is located in Knox County and lies 96 miles [154.5 km]<1> to the west southwest of the West Hills that is located in Washington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Knox County community of West Hills.
Roane County
This West Hills is located in Roane County and lies 125 miles [201.2 km]<1> to the west of the West Hills that is located in Washington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Roane County community of West Hills.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
California
Los Angeles County
This West Hills is located in Los Angeles County and lies 2,037 miles [3,278.2 km]<1> to the west of the West Hills that is located in Washington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Los Angeles County community of West Hills.
Connecticut
New Haven County
This West Hills is located in New Haven County and lies 612 miles [984.9 km]<1> to the northeast of the West Hills that is located in Washington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Haven County community of West Hills.
Florida
Alachua County
This West Hills is located in Alachua County and lies 459 miles [738.7 km]<1> to the south of the West Hills that is located in Washington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Alachua County community of West Hills.
Georgia
Richmond County
This West Hills is located in Richmond County and lies 193 miles [310.6 km]<1> to the south of the West Hills that is located in Washington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Richmond County community of West Hills.
Maryland
Baltimore County
This West Hills is located in Baltimore County and lies 370 miles [595.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the West Hills that is located in Washington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baltimore County community of West Hills.
Frederick County
This West Hills is located in Frederick County and lies 345 miles [555.2 km] to the northeast of the West Hills that is located in Washington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Frederick County community of West Hills.
Mississippi
Lamar County
This West Hills is located in Lamar County and lies 527 miles [848.1 km]<1> to the southwest of the West Hills that is located in Washington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lamar County community of West Hills.
New York
Suffolk County
This West Hills is located in Suffolk County and lies 573 miles [922.2 km]<1> to the northeast of the West Hills that is located in Washington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Suffolk County community of West Hills.
North Carolina
Durham County
This West Hills is located in Durham County and lies 190 miles [305.8 km]<1> to the east of the West Hills that is located in Washington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Durham County community of West Hills.
Edgecombe County
This West Hills is located in Edgecombe County and lies 270 miles [434.5 km] to the east of the West Hills that is located in Washington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Edgecombe County community of West Hills.
Pennsylvania
Armstrong County
This West Hills is located in Armstrong County and lies 346 miles [556.8 km]<1> to the north northeast of the West Hills that is located in Washington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Armstrong County community of West Hills.
Utah
Salt Lake County
This West Hills is located in Salt Lake County and lies 1,622 miles [2,610.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the West Hills that is located in Washington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County community of West Hills.
Weber County
This West Hills is located in Weber County and lies 1,622 miles [2,610.4 km] to the west northwest of the West Hills that is located in Washington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Weber County community of West Hills.
Curious and Interesting Names Near West 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.
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 West Hills to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in West Hills and extending to:
Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 245 miles [394.3 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from West Hills to Nashville, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take nearly four hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 14 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 10 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 341 miles [548.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 20 days.
The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,236 miles [10,035.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,944 miles [11,175.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,820 miles [7,757 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- West Hills) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
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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 West 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 West Hills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.3179, Longitude: -82.3751 In this case, the coordinates for West Hills have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.123 degrees.
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.745 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.798 degrees.