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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 Hickory Heights, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hickory Heights 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 Hickory Heights:
    • 33.614276, -85.036611
    • 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 Hickory 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 Carroll County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Carroll County
    • Since Hickory Heights is near Haralson County and also Douglas County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Haralson County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Douglas 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 Hickory Heights

Communities Also Named Hickory Heights ...

We found four communities that are also named Hickory Heights.

Within Georgia, the name Hickory Heights is unique.

Beyond Georgia, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Michigan
      • Oakland 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 Michigan community of Hickory Heights [Oakland County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Lawrence 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 Pennsylvania community of Hickory Heights [Lawrence County].
    • Tennessee
      • Lawrence County
      • This Hickory Heights is located in Lawrence County and lies 170 miles [273.6 km]<2> to the northwest of the Hickory Heights that is located in Carroll County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lawrence County community of Hickory Heights.
      • Marshall County
      • This Hickory Heights is located in Marshall County and lies 160 miles [257.5 km] to the northwest of the Hickory Heights that is located in Carroll County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marshall County community of Hickory Heights.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Hickory 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.

  • Cedarwood
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Cedarwood is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarwood
  • Cross Plains
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Cross Plains is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Plains
  • Hodge ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Hodge is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hodge
  • Holly Heights
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Holly Heights is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Heights
  • Knob Hill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Knob Hill is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knob Hill
  • Leisure Heights
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Leisure Heights is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisure Heights
  • Oak Mountain
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Oak Mountain is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Mountain
  • Plowshare ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Plowshare is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plowshare
  • Riverbend
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Riverbend is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverbend
  • Sand Hill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Sand Hill is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Hill
  • Shady Grove
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Shady Grove is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove

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

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

  • Carrollton, which is the Seat of Carroll County, lies just to the Southwest.
  • Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 38 miles [61.2 km]<2> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could walk a straight line from Hickory Heights to Atlanta, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 575 miles [925.4 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 23 days and walking would take 33 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,473 miles [10,417.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,177 miles [11,550.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,054 miles [8,133.6 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek 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 Hickory 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Hickory Heights) 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 Hickory Heights 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 Hickory Heights. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.6143, Longitude: -85.0366       In this case, the coordinates for Hickory Heights have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.629 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.092 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.573 degrees.