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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 Billy Goat Hill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Billy Goat Hill 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 Billy Goat Hill:
- 34.194262, -85.694965
- 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 Billy Goat 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 Cherokee County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cherokee County
- Since Billy Goat Hill is near DeKalb County and also Etowah County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for DeKalb County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Etowah 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 Billy Goat Hill
Communities Also Named Billy Goat Hill ...
We found one communities that are also named Billy Goat Hill.
Within Alabama, the name Billy Goat Hill is unique.
Beyond Alabama, there is another community also named Billy Goat Hill in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Louisiana
- Vernon Parish
- This Billy Goat Hill is located in Vernon Parish and lies 489 miles [787 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Billy Goat Hill that is located in Cherokee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Vernon Parish community of Billy Goat Hill.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Billy Goat 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.
- Blue Pond
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Blue Pond is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Pond
- Centre
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Dixon Shop
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Dixon Shop is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon Shop
- Edwards Ferry
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Edwards Ferry is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwards Ferry
- Griffin
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Griffin is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffin
- Hopewell
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Hopewell is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
- Leesburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Pathkiller Cove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Pathkiller Cove is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pathkiller Cove
- Round Mountain
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Round Mountain is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Mountain
- Sand Rock
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Sand Rock is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Rock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 674 people
- Turkey Town ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Turkey Town is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey Town
How Far From Billy Goat 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 Billy Goat Hill to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Billy Goat Hill and extending to:
- Centre, which is the Seat of Cherokee County, lies just to the South Southeast.
- Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 130 miles [209.2 km]<1> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Billy Goat Hill to Montgomery, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 579 miles [931.8 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 23 days and walking would take 33 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,473 miles [10,417.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,181 miles [11,556.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,058 miles [8,140.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Billy Goat Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Billy Goat 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 Billy Goat Hill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.1943, Longitude: -85.6950 In this case, the coordinates for Billy Goat Hill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.049 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.657 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.701 degrees. |
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