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If this were the actual case, you'd be many miles in the air looking away...

I've been in a small aircraft before (some kind of Cessna), and I went about a mile in the air. I could see only about 40 miles, or 13 leagues roughly.

I think Tolkien was exaggerating, or with the case of Frodo on Amon Hen, maybe he was recieving visions of some sort. There's no way he could've seen from the crest of a tall hill (not saying hills can't be tall, but come on, they don't go 5 miles in the air) Minas Tirith in such detail.