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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 The Bluffs, we use the following websites to find information relevant to The Bluffs 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 The Bluffs:
    • 34.370933, -83.842680
    • 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 The Bluffs
  • 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 Hall County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hall County
    • Since The Bluffs is near Lumpkin County and also Banks County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lumpkin County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Banks 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 The Bluffs

Communities Also Named The Bluffs ...

We found eight communities that are also named The Bluffs.

Within Georgia, the name The Bluffs is unique.

Beyond Georgia, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Colorado
      • Jefferson County
      • This The Bluffs is located in Jefferson County and lies 1,229 miles [1,977.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the The Bluffs that is located in Hall County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of The Bluffs.
    • Delaware
      • New Castle County
      • This The Bluffs is located in New Castle County and lies 580 miles [933.4 km]<1> to the northeast of the The Bluffs that is located in Hall County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Castle County community of The Bluffs.
    • Florida
      • Hillsborough County
      • This The Bluffs is located in Hillsborough County and lies 445 miles [716.2 km]<1> to the south of the The Bluffs that is located in Hall County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of The Bluffs.
    • Illinois
      • Scott County
      • This The Bluffs is located in Scott County and lies 523 miles [841.7 km]<1> to the northwest of the The Bluffs that is located in Hall County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Scott County community of The Bluffs.
    • Indiana
      • Morgan County
      • This The Bluffs is located in Morgan County and lies 382 miles [614.8 km]<1> to the north northwest of the The Bluffs that is located in Hall County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morgan County community of The Bluffs.
    • Maryland
      • Cecil County
      • This The Bluffs is located in Cecil County and lies 559 miles [899.6 km]<1> to the northeast of the The Bluffs that is located in Hall County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cecil County community of The Bluffs.
    • Michigan
      • Midland County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of The Bluffs [Midland County].
    • Vermont
      • Orleans County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Vermont community of The Bluffs [Orleans County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near The Bluffs ...

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.

  • Beaver Pond
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Beaver Pond is located in Hall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Pond
  • Blueberry Hills
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Blueberry Hills is located in Hall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blueberry Hills
  • Cherokee Meadows
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Cherokee Meadows is located in Hall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Meadows
  • Destitute Acres
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Destitute Acres is located in Hall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Destitute Acres
  • Greystone
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Greystone is located in Hall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greystone
  • Griffin Heights
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Griffin Heights is located in Hall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffin Heights
  • Happy Valley
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Happy Valley is located in Hall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Valley
  • Heather Heights
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Heather Heights is located in Hall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heather Heights
  • Lake Watch
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Lake Watch is located in Hall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Watch
  • Looper Lake
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Looper Lake is located in Hall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Looper Lake
  • River Point
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • River Point is located in Hall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Point
  • Scoutland
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Scoutland is located in Hall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scoutland
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Shady Lane
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Shady Lane is located in Hall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Lane
    • Squirrel Creek
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Squirrel Creek is located in Hall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squirrel Creek
    • Sunset Heights
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Sunset Heights is located in Hall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Heights
    • Wahoo Valley
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Wahoo Valley is located in Hall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wahoo Valley

How Far From The Bluffs to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as The Bluffs to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in The Bluffs and extending to:

  • Gainesville, which is the Seat of Hall County, lies just to the South Southeast.
  • Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 52 miles [83.7 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could walk a straight line from The Bluffs to Atlanta, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 489 miles [787 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 28 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,387 miles [10,278.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,091 miles [11,411.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,968 miles [7,995.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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- The Bluffs) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 The Bluffs 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.
<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 The Bluffs 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 The Bluffs. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.3709, Longitude: -83.8427       In this case, the coordinates for The Bluffs have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.956 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.423 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.918 degrees.