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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 Clay Hill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Clay 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 Clay Hill:
    • 33.664575, -82.444294
    • 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 Clay 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 Lincoln County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lincoln County
    • Since Clay Hill is near Columbia County and also McDuffie County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Columbia County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for McDuffie 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 Clay Hill

Communities Also Named Clay Hill ...

We found six communities that are also named Clay Hill.

Within Georgia, the name Clay Hill is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Maine
      • York County
      • This Clay Hill is located in York County and lies 916 miles [1,474.2 km]<1> to the northeast of the Clay Hill that is located in Lincoln County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the York County community of Clay Hill.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Franklin County
      • This Clay Hill is located in Franklin County and lies 500 miles [804.7 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Clay Hill that is located in Lincoln County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Clay Hill.
    • South Carolina
      • Greenwood 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 South Carolina community of Clay Hill [Greenwood County].
      • York County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Clay Hill [York County].
    • Tennessee
      • Marshall County
      • This Clay Hill is located in Marshall County and lies 273 miles [439.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Clay Hill that is located in Lincoln County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marshall County community of Clay Hill.
      • Scott County
      • This Clay Hill is located in Scott County and lies 229 miles [368.5 km] to the north northwest of the Clay Hill that is located in Lincoln County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Scott County community of Clay Hill.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Clay 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.

  • Anthony Crossroads
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Anthony Crossroads is located in McDuffie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anthony Crossroads
  • Double Branches
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Double Branches is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Double Branches
  • Leathersville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Leathersville is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leathersville
  • Martins Crossroads
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Martins Crossroads is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martins Crossroads
  • Oak Grove
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Oak Grove is located in Wilkes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
  • Price Ferry
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Price Ferry is located in Columbia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price Ferry
  • Raysville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Raysville is located in McDuffie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raysville
  • Stones Crossroads
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Stones Crossroads is located in McDuffie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stones Crossroads
  • Woodlawn
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Woodlawn is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn

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

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

  • Lincolnton, which is the Seat of Lincoln County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Clay Hill to Lincolnton, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 111 miles [178.6 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 470 miles [756.4 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 19 days and walking would take 27 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,359 miles [10,233.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,056 miles [11,355.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,936 miles [7,943.7 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Clay Hill) 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Clay Hill 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 Clay 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 Clay Hill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.6646, Longitude: -82.4443       In this case, the coordinates for Clay Hill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.121 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.362 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.557 degrees.