Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Holiday Heights, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Holiday Heights and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Holiday 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 Holiday Heights:
- 34.254268, -83.896569
- 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 Holiday 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 Holiday Heights is near Forsyth County and also Jackson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Forsyth County
- eBird sighting report for Jackson 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 Holiday Heights ...
We found three communities that share the name Holiday Heights.
Within Georgia, the name Holiday Heights is unique.
Beyond Georgia, we know of another three communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
- Monroe 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 Florida community of Holiday Heights [Monroe County].
- New Jersey
- Ocean County
- This Holiday Heights is located in Ocean County and lies 659 miles [1,060.6 km]<2> to the northeast of the Holiday Heights that is located in Hall County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ocean County community of Holiday Heights.
- Wisconsin
- La Crosse County
- This Holiday Heights is located in La Crosse County and lies 769 miles [1,237.6 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Holiday Heights that is located in Hall County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the La Crosse County community of Holiday Heights.
- Florida
Curious and Interesting Names Near Holiday 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.
- Cherokee Trail
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cherokee Trail have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Trail
- Cherokee Trail is located in Hall County
- Cherrywood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cherrywood have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherrywood
- Cherrywood is located in Hall County
- Flat Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Flat Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Creek
- Flat Creek is located in Hall County
- Fox Trace
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast) - Hidden Harbor
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hidden Harbor have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Harbor
- Hidden Harbor is located in Hall County
- Holiday Meadows
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holiday Meadows have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Meadows
- Holiday Meadows is located in Hall County
- Holland
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast) - Keith Ferry
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Keith Ferry have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keith Ferry
- Keith Ferry is located in Hall County
- Maple Forge
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maple Forge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Forge
- Maple Forge is located in Hall County
- Pleasant View
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant View have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
- Pleasant View is located in Hall County
- Quail Run
(Less than 2 miles to the south) - Reed
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest) - Continue List (5 more) ...
- Serene Shores
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Serene Shores have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Serene Shores
- Serene Shores is located in Hall County
- Tanner
(Less than 2 miles to the north) - Trudy
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west) - Twin Rivers
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Twin Rivers have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Rivers
- Twin Rivers is located in Hall County
- Vista Brook
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vista Brook have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vista Brook
- Vista Brook is located in Hall County
- Serene Shores
How Far From Holiday 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 Holiday Heights to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Holiday Heights and extending to:
- Gainesville, which is the Seat of Hall County, lies just to the Northeast.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 44 miles [70.8 km]<2> to the southwest (SW). If you could walk a straight line from Holiday Heights to Atlanta, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 497 miles [799.8 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 20 days and walking would take 29 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,395 miles [10,291.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,098 miles [11,423.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,976 miles [8,008.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Holiday 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 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 Holiday 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Holiday Heights) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Holiday Heights. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.2543, Longitude: -83.8966 In this case, the coordinates for Holiday 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 Holiday 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 311.984 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.438 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.969 degrees. |