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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 Frog Hollow, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Frog Hollow 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 Frog Hollow:
    • 33.572611, -84.435204
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Frog Hollow
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Frog Hollow ...

We found one communities that share the name Frog Hollow.

Within Georgia, the name Frog Hollow is unique.

Beyond Georgia, there is another community also named Frog Hollow in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Connecticut
      • Tolland County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Connecticut community of Frog Hollow [Tolland County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Frog Hollow ...

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.

  • Castlegate
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Castlegate have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castlegate
    • Castlegate is located in Clayton County
  • Cheeko Manor
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cheeko Manor have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheeko Manor
    • Cheeko Manor is located in Clayton County
  • Dix - Leeson
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dix - Leeson have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dix - Leeson
    • Dix - Leeson is located in Fayette County
  • Evans Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Evans Park have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans Park
    • Evans Park is located in Clayton County
  • Golden Meadows
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Golden Meadows have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Meadows
    • Golden Meadows is located in Clayton County
  • Green Acres
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Green Acres have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
    • Green Acres is located in Clayton County
  • Hillandale
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hillandale have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillandale
    • Hillandale is located in Fulton County
  • Hollydale
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hollydale have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollydale
    • Hollydale is located in Clayton County
  • Kings Forest
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kings Forest have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Forest
    • Kings Forest is located in Clayton County
    • Estimated population in 2019: 17,949 people
  • Normandy
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Normandy have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Normandy
    • Normandy is located in Clayton County
    • Estimated population in 2019: 962 people
  • Pleasant Hill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
    • Pleasant Hill is located in Fulton County
  • Skylane Hills
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Skylane Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skylane Hills
    • Skylane Hills is located in Clayton County
  • Steeplechase
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Steeplechase have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steeplechase
    • Steeplechase is located in Clayton County
  • Twin Creeks
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Twin Creeks have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Creeks
    • Twin Creeks is located in Clayton County

How Far From Frog Hollow 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 Frog Hollow to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Frog Hollow and extending to:

  • Jonesboro, which is the Seat of Clayton County, lies just to the Southeast.
  • Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the north (N). If you could walk a straight line from Frog Hollow to Atlanta, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 551 miles [886.7 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 22 days and walking would take 32 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,449 miles [10,378.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,151 miles [11,508.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,030 miles [8,095 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Frog Hollow. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Clayton County: www.co.clayton.ga.us/

The official website for State of Georgia: https://georgia.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Frog Hollow 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.
<2>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Frog Hollow) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Frog Hollow. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.5726, Longitude: -84.4352       In this case, the coordinates for Frog Hollow have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>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.
<5>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 Frog Hollow to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.274 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.676 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.348 degrees.









 

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