Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Esom Hill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Esom Hill and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Esom Hill

• 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 Esom Hill:
  • 33.949083, -85.388275
  • 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 Esom 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 Polk County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Polk County
  • Since Esom Hill is near Cleburne County and also Cherokee County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Cleburne County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Cherokee 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 Esom Hill

Curious and Interesting Names Near Esom 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.

• Bauxite
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Bauxite is located in Cherokee County (AL)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bauxite
• Caseyville
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Caseyville is located in Polk County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caseyville
• Fearing ‑ Historic
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Fearing is located in Polk County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fearing
• Greenway ‑ Historic
  (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Greenway is located in Polk County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenway
• Little Creek
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Little Creek is located in Haralson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Creek
• Mars Hill
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Mars Hill is located in Cleburne County (AL)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mars Hill
• Palestine
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Palestine is located in Cleburne County (AL)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palestine
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Palestine
  • From Esom Hill to Palestine
• Pleasant Gap
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Pleasant Gap is located in Cherokee County (AL)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Gap
• Prior
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Prior is located in Polk County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prior
• Rock Run Station
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Rock Run Station is located in Cherokee County (AL)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Run Station
• Treat ‑ Historic
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Treat is located in Polk County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Treat

How Far From Esom Hill to ...

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Esom Hill and extending to:

• Cedartown, which is the Seat of Polk County, lies just to the East Northeast.
• Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 58 miles [93.3 km]<1> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could walk a straight line from Esom Hill 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 575 miles [925.4 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just over a day, a buggy would take 23 days and walking would take 33 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,472 miles [10,415.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,178 miles [11,551.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,055 miles [8,135.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'