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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 Whitehead Hill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Whitehead 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 Whitehead Hill:
    • 36.227892, -82.157350
    • 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 Whitehead 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 Carter County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Carter County
    • Since Whitehead Hill is near Unicoi County and also Mitchell County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Unicoi County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Mitchell 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 Whitehead Hill

Curious and Interesting Names Near Whitehead 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.

  • Backwoods
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Backwoods is located in Carter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Backwoods
  • Bear Stand
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Bear Stand is located in Carter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Stand
  • Bitter End
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Bitter End is located in Carter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bitter End
  • Cove Creek
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Cove Creek is located in Carter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove Creek
  • Crabtree
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Crabtree is located in Carter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crabtree
  • Gap Creek
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Gap Creek is located in Carter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gap Creek
  • Gap Run
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Gap Run is located in Carter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gap Run
  • Heaton Creek
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Heaton Creek is located in Carter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heaton Creek
  • Limestone Cove
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Limestone Cove is located in Unicoi County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limestone Cove
  • Piney Grove
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Piney Grove is located in Carter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Grove
  • Plato
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Plato is located in Carter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plato
  • Powder Branch
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Powder Branch is located in Carter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powder Branch
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Shell Creek
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Shell Creek is located in Carter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shell Creek
      • Estimated population in 2014: 21,037 people
    • Sugar Hollow
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Sugar Hollow is located in Carter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Hollow
    • Three Mountains
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Three Mountains is located in Carter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Mountains
    • Tiger Valley
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Tiger Valley is located in Carter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiger Valley

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Whitehead Hill and extending to:

  • Elizabethton, which is the Seat of Carter County, lies just to the North Northwest.
  • Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 257 miles [413.6 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Whitehead Hill to Nashville, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 15 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 10 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 335 miles [539.1 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 19 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,231 miles [10,027.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,938 miles [11,165.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,814 miles [7,747.4 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Whitehead Hill) 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 Whitehead 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 Whitehead Hill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.2279, Longitude: -82.1573       In this case, the coordinates for Whitehead Hill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.994 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.583 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.735 degrees.