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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 High Falls, we use the following websites to find information relevant to High Falls and the surrounding area.
- 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 High Falls:
- 33.175679, -84.025468
- 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 High Falls
- 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 Monroe County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Monroe County
- Since High Falls is near Lamar County and also Butts County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lamar County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Butts 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 High Falls
Communities Also Named High Falls ...
We found eight communities that are also named High Falls.
Within Georgia, the name High Falls is unique.
Beyond Georgia, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these eight communities, six are located in the United States and four are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kentucky
- Wolfe County
- This High Falls is located in Wolfe County and lies 315 miles [506.9 km]<1> to the north of the High Falls that is located in Monroe County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wolfe County community of High Falls.
- New York
- Greene County
- This High Falls is located in Greene County and lies 827 miles [1,330.9 km]<1> to the northeast of the High Falls that is located in Monroe County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greene County community of High Falls.
- Lewis County
- This High Falls is located in Lewis County and lies 875 miles [1,408.2 km] to the north northeast of the High Falls that is located in Monroe County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lewis County community of High Falls.
- Ulster County
- This High Falls is located in Ulster County and lies 805 miles [1,295.5 km] to the northeast of the High Falls that is located in Monroe County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ulster County community of High Falls.
- North Carolina
- Moore County
- This High Falls is located in Moore County and lies 302 miles [486 km]<1> to the east northeast of the High Falls that is located in Monroe County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Moore County community of High Falls.
- Ontario
- This High Falls lies 904 miles [1,454.8 km]<1> to the north northeast of the High Falls that is located in Monroe County.
- Quebec
- This High Falls lies 983 miles [1,582 km]<1> to the north northeast of the High Falls that is located in Monroe County.
- South Carolina
- Oconee County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of High Falls [Oconee County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near High Falls ...
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.
- Box Ankle
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Box Ankle is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Box Ankle
- Cork
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Cork is located in Butts County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cork
- Indian Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Indian Springs is located in Butts County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Springs
- Iron Springs Crossroads
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Jenkinsburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Liberty Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Liberty Hill is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hill
- Logwall
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Logwall is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logwall
- Orchard Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Sandy
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sandy is located in Butts County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy
- Socrates ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Socrates is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Socrates
- Unionville
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Unionville is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
How Far From High Falls 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 High Falls to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in High Falls and extending to:
- Forsyth, which is the Seat of Monroe County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from High Falls to Forsyth, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 45 miles [72.4 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 554 miles [891.6 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 22 days and walking would take 32 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,450 miles [10,380.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,149 miles [11,505.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,029 miles [8,093.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 from Point A (ie- High Falls) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 High Falls 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. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 High Falls 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 High Falls. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.1757, Longitude: -84.0255 In this case, the coordinates for High Falls have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.017 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.324 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.284 degrees. |
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