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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 Habersham, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Habersham 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 Habersham:
    • 34.589820, -83.560451
    • 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 Habersham
  • 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 Habersham County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Habersham County
    • Since Habersham is near White County and also Stephens County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for White County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Stephens 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 Habersham

Communities Also Named Habersham ...

We found four communities that are also named Habersham.

There are three communities within Georgia that are also named Habersham.

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

  • Communities Located In Georgia ...
    • Bartow County
      • This Habersham is located in Bartow County and lies 74 miles [119.1 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Habersham that is located in Habersham County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bartow County community of Habersham.
    • DeKalb County
      • This Habersham is located in DeKalb County and lies 62 miles [99.8 km]<1> to the southwest of the Habersham that is located in Habersham County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the DeKalb County community of Habersham.
    • Jenkins County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Habersham [Jenkins County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Tennessee
      • Campbell County
      • This Habersham is located in Campbell County and lies 134 miles [215.7 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Habersham that is located in Habersham County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Campbell County community of Habersham.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Habersham ...

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.

  • Aerial
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Aerial is located in Habersham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aerial
  • College Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • College Park is located in Habersham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Park
  • Dicks Hill
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Dicks Hill is located in Habersham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dicks Hill
  • Harvest
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Harvest is located in Habersham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvest
  • Heads Ferry
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Heads Ferry is located in Habersham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heads Ferry
  • Hills
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Hills is located in Habersham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hills
  • Leaf
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Leaf is located in White County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leaf
  • Longview
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Longview is located in Habersham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longview
  • New Switzerland
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • New Switzerland is located in Habersham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Switzerland
  • Pink
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Pink is located in White County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pink
  • Rogers Mill
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Rogers Mill is located in White County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers Mill
  • Shorts Mill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Shorts Mill is located in Habersham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shorts Mill

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

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

  • Clarkesville, which is the Seat of Habersham County, lies just to the Northeast.
  • Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 74 miles [119.1 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Habersham to Atlanta, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 467 miles [751.6 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 19 days and walking would take 27 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,365 miles [10,243.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,069 miles [11,376.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,946 miles [7,959.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Habersham) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Habersham, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Habersham 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 Habersham. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.5898, Longitude: -83.5605       In this case, the coordinates for Habersham have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.797 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.27 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.751 degrees.