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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 Hills-A-Rolling, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hills-A-Rolling 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 Hills-A-Rolling:
    • 34.093154, -84.645768
    • 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 Hills-A-Rolling
  • 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 Cherokee County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cherokee County
    • Since Hills-A-Rolling is near Cobb County and also Bartow County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cobb County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Bartow 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 Hills-A-Rolling

Curious and Interesting Names Near Hills-A-Rolling ...

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.

  • Cross Creek
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Cross Creek is located in Cherokee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Creek
  • Emerald Forest
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Emerald Forest is located in Cherokee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerald Forest
  • Emerald Willows
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Emerald Willows is located in Cobb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerald Willows
  • Heritage Place
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Heritage Place is located in Cherokee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Place
  • Hickory Forest
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Hickory Forest is located in Cobb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Forest
  • Hunters Cove
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Hunters Cove is located in Cobb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Cove
  • Indian Village
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Indian Village is located in Bartow County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
  • Iron Hill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Iron Hill is located in Bartow County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Hill
  • Island Mills Ferry
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Island Mills Ferry is located in Bartow County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island Mills Ferry
  • Kellogg Creek
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Kellogg Creek is located in Cherokee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellogg Creek
  • Lakeview Heights
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Lakeview Heights is located in Cobb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Heights
  • Oak Grove
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Oak Grove is located in Cherokee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Plantation Walk
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Plantation Walk is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plantation Walk
    • Shadowbrook
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Shadowbrook is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadowbrook
    • Summer Trace
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Summer Trace is located in Cobb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer Trace
    • Twin Pines
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Twin Pines is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Pines

How Far From Hills-A-Rolling 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 Hills-A-Rolling to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Hills-A-Rolling and extending to:

  • Canton, which is the Seat of Cherokee County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Hills-A-Rolling to Canton, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 27 miles [43.5 km] to the south southeast (SSE). The buggy would take just over a day and walking would take just about two full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 536 miles [862.6 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<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,434 miles [10,354.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,139 miles [11,489.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,016 miles [8,072.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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- Hills-A-Rolling) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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.
<3>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 Hills-A-Rolling 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 Hills-A-Rolling. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.0932, Longitude: -84.6458       In this case, the coordinates for Hills-A-Rolling have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.42 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.917 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.305 degrees.