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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 Dixie Hills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Dixie Hills 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 Dixie Hills:
- 34.362323, -83.791845
- 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 Dixie Hills
- 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 Dixie Hills is near Banks County and also Lumpkin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Banks County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lumpkin 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 Dixie Hills
Curious and Interesting Names Near Dixie Hills ...
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 north)
- Beaver Pond is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Pond
- Blueberry Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Blueberry Hills is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blueberry Hills
- Cherokee Meadows
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Cherokee Meadows is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Meadows
- Destitute Acres
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Destitute Acres is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Destitute Acres
- Greenway
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Greenway is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenway
- Griffin Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Griffin Heights is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffin Heights
- Happy Valley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Happy Valley is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Valley
- Heather Heights
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Heather Heights is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heather Heights
- Lake Watch
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Lake Watch is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Watch
- New Holland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- New Holland is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Holland
- Pine Point
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Pine Point is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Point
- Quiet Place in the Woods
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Continue List (7 more) ...
- Rabbitown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Rabbitown is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rabbitown
- River Point
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- River Point is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Point
- Riverbend
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Riverbend is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverbend
- Shady Lane
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Shady Lane is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Lane
- Shady Valley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Shady Valley is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Valley
- Shamrock Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Shamrock Heights is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shamrock Heights
- Sunset Heights
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Sunset Heights is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Heights
How Far From Dixie Hills 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 Dixie Hills to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Dixie Hills and extending to:
- Gainesville, which is the Seat of Hall County, lies just to the South Southwest.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 54 miles [86.9 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could walk a straight line from Dixie Hills to Atlanta, with an average speed<2> 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 487 miles [783.8 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 19 days and walking would take 28 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,385 miles [10,275.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,089 miles [11,408.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,967 miles [7,993.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Dixie Hills) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Dixie Hills 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 Dixie Hills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.3623, Longitude: -83.7918 In this case, the coordinates for Dixie Hills have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.926 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.387 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.901 degrees. |
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