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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 Hill City, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hill City 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 Hill City:
    • 34.598973, -85.005501
    • 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 Hill City
  • 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 Gordon County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Gordon County
    • Since Hill City is near Whitfield County and also Walker County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Whitfield County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Walker 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 Hill City

Communities Also Named Hill City ...

We found eight communities that are also named Hill City.

Within Georgia, the name Hill City is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Idaho
      • Camas County
      • This Hill City is located in Camas County and lies 1,710 miles [2,752 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Hill City that is located in Gordon County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Camas County community of Hill City.
    • Kansas
      • Graham County
      • This Hill City is located in Graham County and lies 880 miles [1,416.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Hill City that is located in Gordon County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Graham County community of Hill City.
    • Minnesota
      • Aitkin County
      • This Hill City is located in Aitkin County and lies 964 miles [1,551.4 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Hill City that is located in Gordon County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Aitkin County community of Hill City.
    • Missouri
      • Barry County
      • This Hill City is located in Barry County and lies 506 miles [814.3 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Hill City that is located in Gordon County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Barry County community of Hill City.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Venango County
      • This Hill City is located in Venango County and lies 549 miles [883.5 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Hill City that is located in Gordon County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Venango County community of Hill City.
    • South Dakota
      • Pennington County
      • This Hill City is located in Pennington County and lies 1,179 miles [1,897.4 km]<1> to the northwest of the Hill City that is located in Gordon County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pennington County community of Hill City.
    • Tennessee
      • Hamilton 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 Tennessee community of Hill City [Hamilton County].
    • Texas
      • Hood County
      • This Hill City is located in Hood County and lies 756 miles [1,216.7 km]<1> to the west of the Hill City that is located in Gordon County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hood County community of Hill City.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Hill City ...

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.

  • Angelville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Angelville is located in Gordon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angelville
  • Carbondale
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Carbondale is located in Whitfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbondale
  • Damascus
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Damascus is located in Gordon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Damascus
  • Fricks Ferry
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Fricks Ferry is located in Gordon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fricks Ferry
  • Furnace ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Furnace is located in Walker County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnace
  • Lands Ferry
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Lands Ferry is located in Gordon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lands Ferry
  • Lays Ferry
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Lays Ferry is located in Gordon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lays Ferry
  • Printup Ferry
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Printup Ferry is located in Gordon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Printup Ferry
  • Soapstick
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Soapstick is located in Gordon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soapstick
    • Estimated population in 2019: 4,544 people
  • Sugar Valley
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Water Valley ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Water Valley is located in Gordon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Water Valley

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

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

  • Calhoun, which is the Seat of Gordon County, lies just to the South Southeast.
  • Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 68 miles [109.4 km]<1> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could walk a straight line from Hill City to Atlanta, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 531 miles [854.6 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 21 days and walking would take 31 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,425 miles [10,340 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,133 miles [11,479.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,010 miles [8,062.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Hill City) 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Hill City 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 Hill City 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 Hill City. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.5990, Longitude: -85.0055       In this case, the coordinates for Hill City have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.654 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.258 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.327 degrees.