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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 Garden Hills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Garden Hills 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 Garden Hills:
    • 33.920116, -83.382659
    • 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 Garden 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 Clarke County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Clarke County
    • Since Garden Hills is near Oconee County and also Oglethorpe County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Oconee County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Oglethorpe 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 Garden Hills

Communities Also Named Garden Hills ...

We found one communities that are also named Garden Hills.

Within Georgia, the name Garden Hills is unique.

Beyond Georgia, there is another community also named Garden Hills in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Pennsylvania
      • Lancaster County
      • This Garden Hills is located in Lancaster County and lies 572 miles [920.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Garden Hills that is located in Clarke County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lancaster County community of Garden Hills.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Garden 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.

  • Cedar Bluff
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Cedar Bluff is located in Clarke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Bluff
  • Cedar Creek
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Cedar Creek is located in Clarke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Creek
  • Crystal Hills
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Crystal Hills is located in Oconee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Hills
  • Green Acres
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Green Acres is located in Clarke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
  • Hickory Hill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Hickory Hill is located in Oconee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hill
  • Holly Hills
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Holly Hills is located in Clarke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Hills
  • Hunters Ridge
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Hunters Ridge is located in Clarke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Ridge
  • Ivywood
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Ivywood is located in Oconee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivywood
  • McNutt Creek
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • McNutt Creek is located in Clarke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McNutt Creek
  • Red Fox
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Red Fox is located in Clarke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Fox
  • Rock and Shoals
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Rock and Shoals is located in Clarke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock and Shoals
  • Shadow Moss
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Shadow Moss is located in Clarke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadow Moss
  • Continue List   (10 more) ...
    • Shoalsview
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Shoalsview is located in Clarke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoalsview
    • Skyline Park
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Skyline Park is located in Clarke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyline Park
    • Snapfinger
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Snapfinger is located in Clarke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snapfinger
    • Stonemill Run
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Stonemill Run is located in Clarke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonemill Run
    • Summit Grove
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Summit Grove is located in Oconee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Grove
    • Tanglebrook
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Tanglebrook is located in Oconee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanglebrook
    • Tanglewood
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Tanglewood is located in Clarke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanglewood
    • Tee Pee
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Tee Pee is located in Oconee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tee Pee
    • University Heights
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • University Heights is located in Clarke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Heights
    • Windy Hill
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Windy Hill is located in Clarke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windy Hill

How Far From Garden Hills to ...

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

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

  • Athens, which is the Seat of Clarke County, lies just to the North.
  • Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 58 miles [93.3 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could walk a straight line from Garden 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 492 miles [791.8 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 20 days and walking would take 28 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,388 miles [10,280.5 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 '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- Garden 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 Garden 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 Garden Hills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.9201, Longitude: -83.3827       In this case, the coordinates for Garden Hills have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.672 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.032 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.852 degrees.