Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Halloca:
  • 32.348481, -84.783259
  • 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 Halloca

• 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 Chattahoochee County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Chattahoochee County
  • Since Halloca is near Muscogee County and also Marion County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Muscogee County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Marion 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 Halloca

Curious and Interesting Names Near Halloca ...

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.

• Christopher
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Christopher is located in Chattahoochee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christopher
• Cottage Mills ‑ Historic
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Cottage Mills is located in Chattahoochee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage Mills
• Eelbeck
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Eelbeck is located in Chattahoochee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eelbeck
• Gobblers Hill
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Gobblers Hill is located in Chattahoochee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gobblers Hill
• Green Hill ‑ Historic
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Green Hill is located in Stewart County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill
• Heineburg Village ‑ Historic
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Heineburg Village is located in Chattahoochee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heineburg Village
  • Estimated population in 2014: 2,893 people
• Jamestown
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Jamestown is located in Chattahoochee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
• Manta
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Manta is located in Chattahoochee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manta
• Sand Hill
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Sand Hill is located in Muscogee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Hill
• Union
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Union is located in Marion County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<1> community of Halloca once stood, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Halloca and extending to:

• Cusseta, which is the Seat of Chattahoochee County, lies just to the South.
• Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 99 miles [159.3 km]<2> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could drive a straight line from Halloca 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 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take three full days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 626 miles [1,007.4 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 25 days and walking would take 36 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,521 miles [10,494.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,219 miles [11,617.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,099 miles [8,206 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'