Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Heather Heights, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Heather Heights and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Heather Heights
- 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 Heather Heights:
- 34.392877, -83.822402
- 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 Heather Heights
- 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 Hall County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Hall County
- Since Heather Heights is near Lumpkin County and also Banks County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Lumpkin County
- eBird sighting report for Banks 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Heather Heights ...
We found five communities that share the name Heather Heights.
Within Georgia, the name Heather Heights is unique.
Beyond Georgia, we know of another five communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Indiana
- Bartholomew 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 Indiana community of Heather Heights [Bartholomew County].
- Maryland
- Kent County
- This Heather Heights is located in Kent County and lies 541 miles [870.7 km]<2> to the northeast of the Heather Heights that is located in Hall County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kent County community of Heather Heights.
- South Carolina
- Anderson County
- This Heather Heights is located in Anderson County and lies 69 miles [111 km]<2> to the east of the Heather Heights that is located in Hall County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anderson County community of Heather Heights.
- Tennessee
- Knox County
- This Heather Heights is located in Knox County and lies 111 miles [178.6 km]<2> to the north of the Heather Heights that is located in Hall County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Knox County community of Heather Heights.
- Utah
- Davis County
- This Heather Heights is located in Davis County and lies 1,600 miles [2,575 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Heather Heights that is located in Hall County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davis County community of Heather Heights.
- Indiana
Curious and Interesting Names Near Heather Heights ...
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.
- Beaver Pond
(Less than 2 miles to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beaver Pond have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Pond
- Beaver Pond is located in Hall County
- Blueberry Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blueberry Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blueberry Hills
- Blueberry Hills is located in Hall County
- Cherokee Meadows
(Less than 2 miles to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cherokee Meadows have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Meadows
- Cherokee Meadows is located in Hall County
- Destitute Acres
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Destitute Acres have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Destitute Acres
- Destitute Acres is located in Hall County
- Greystone
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest) - Griffin Heights
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Griffin Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffin Heights
- Griffin Heights is located in Hall County
- Happy Valley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Happy Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Valley
- Happy Valley is located in Hall County
- Indian Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Indian Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Hills
- Indian Hills is located in Hall County
- Lake Watch
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake Watch have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Watch
- Lake Watch is located in Hall County
- Land ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north) - Pine Point
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pine Point have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Point
- Pine Point is located in Hall County
- Quiet Place in the Woods
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Quiet Place in the Woods have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quiet Place in the Woods
- Quiet Place in the Woods is located in Hall County
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- River Point
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for River Point have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Point
- River Point is located in Hall County
- River Run
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north) - Shady Lane
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shady Lane have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Lane
- Shady Lane is located in Hall County
- Shamrock Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shamrock Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shamrock Heights
- Shamrock Heights is located in Hall County
- Squirrel Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Squirrel Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squirrel Creek
- Squirrel Creek is located in Hall County
- Sunset Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunset Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Heights
- Sunset Heights is located in Hall County
- Wahoo Forest
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wahoo Forest have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wahoo Forest
- Wahoo Forest is located in Hall County
- Wahoo Valley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wahoo Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wahoo Valley
- Wahoo Valley is located in Hall County
- River Point
How Far From Heather Heights 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 Heather Heights to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Heather Heights and extending to:
- Gainesville, which is the Seat of Hall County, lies just to the South.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 54 miles [86.9 km]<2> to the southwest (SW). If you could walk a straight line from Heather Heights to Atlanta, with an average speed<4> 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 487 miles [783.8 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 19 days and walking would take 28 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,385 miles [10,275.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,089 miles [11,408.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,967 miles [7,993.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Heather Heights. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Hall County: www.hallcounty.org/
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 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 Heather Heights 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Heather Heights) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Heather Heights. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.3929, Longitude: -83.8224 In this case, the coordinates for Heather Heights have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | 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. |
| <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 Heather Heights 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 311.945 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.413 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.905 degrees. |