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 China Hill:
31.852960, -83.084316
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 China 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 Telfair County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found two communities that are also named China Hill.
Within Georgia, the name China Hill is unique.
Beyond Georgia, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Idaho
Caribou County
This China Hill is located in Caribou County and lies 1,733 miles [2,789 km]<1> to the northwest of the China Hill that is located in Telfair County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Caribou County community of China Hill.
Virginia
Richmond County
This China Hill is located in Richmond County and lies 555 miles [893.2 km]<1> to the northeast of the China Hill that is located in Telfair County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Richmond County community of China Hill.
Curious and Interesting Names Near China 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.
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 China Hill to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in China Hill and extending to:
McRae - Helena, which is the Seat of Telfair County, lies 18 miles [29 km]<1> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from China Hill to McRae - Helena, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 151 miles [243 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 593 miles [954.3 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 24 days and walking would take 34 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,470 miles [10,412.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,160 miles [11,522.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,044 miles [8,117.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- China Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
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While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
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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.
<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 China 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 China Hill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.8530, Longitude: -83.0843 In this case, the coordinates for China Hill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.417 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.447 degrees.
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.246 degrees.