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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.
    • Open the Heavens-Above website centered on Frog Hollow
  • 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 Clayton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Clayton County
    • Since Frog Hollow is near Fulton County and also Fayette County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Fulton County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Fayette 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 Frog Hollow

Communities Also Named Frog Hollow ...

We found one communities that are also named 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)
    • Castlegate is located in Clayton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castlegate
  • Cheeko Manor
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Cheeko Manor is located in Clayton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheeko Manor
  • Dix - Leeson
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Dix - Leeson is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dix - Leeson
  • Evans Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Evans Park is located in Clayton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans Park
  • Golden Meadows
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Golden Meadows is located in Clayton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Meadows
  • Green Acres
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Green Acres is located in Clayton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
  • Hillandale
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Hillandale is located in Fulton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillandale
  • Hollydale
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Hollydale is located in Clayton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollydale
  • Kings Forest
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Kings Forest is located in Clayton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Forest
    • Estimated population in 2019: 17,949 people
  • Normandy
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Normandy is located in Clayton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Normandy
    • Estimated population in 2019: 962 people
  • Pleasant Hill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Pleasant Hill is located in Fulton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
  • Skylane Hills
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Skylane Hills is located in Clayton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skylane Hills
  • Steeplechase
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Steeplechase is located in Clayton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steeplechase
  • Twin Creeks
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Twin Creeks is located in Clayton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Creeks

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> 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]<2> to the north (N). If you could walk a straight line from Frog Hollow to Atlanta, with an average speed<3> 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<4> 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).<5>
  • 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).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,030 miles [8,095 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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 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 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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) 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. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Frog Hollow 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 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).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.274 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.676 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.348 degrees.