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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 Holiday Meadows, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Holiday Meadows 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 Holiday Meadows:
- 34.216213, -83.906569
- 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 Holiday Meadows
- 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:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hall County
- Since Holiday Meadows is near Forsyth County and also Gwinnett County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Forsyth County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Gwinnett 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 Holiday Meadows
Curious and Interesting Names Near Holiday Meadows ...
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.
- Flat Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Flat Creek is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Creek
- Flowery Branch
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Forest Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Forest Park is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Park
- Fox Trace
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Fox Trace is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Trace
- Green Meadows
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Green Meadows is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Meadows
- Hammer
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hammer is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammer
- Hidden Harbor
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Hidden Harbor is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Harbor
- Holiday Heights
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Holiday Heights is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Heights
- Lights Ferry
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Lights Ferry is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lights Ferry
- Maple Forge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Maple Forge is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Forge
- Mulberry
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Mulberry is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulberry
- Pleasant View
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Pleasant View is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Quail Run
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Quail Run is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Run
- Reed
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Reed is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reed
- Serene Shores
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Serene Shores is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Serene Shores
- Tanner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Tanner is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanner
- Trudy
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Trudy is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trudy
- Vista Brook
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Vista Brook is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vista Brook
How Far From Holiday Meadows 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 Meadows to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Holiday Meadows 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 42 miles [67.6 km]<2> to the southwest (SW). If you could walk a straight line from Holiday Meadows to Atlanta, with an average speed<3> 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 just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 499 miles [803.1 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,397 miles [10,295 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,100 miles [11,426.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,978 miles [8,011.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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- Holiday Meadows) 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 Holiday Meadows 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 Holiday Meadows. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.2162, Longitude: -83.9066 In this case, the coordinates for Holiday Meadows have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.988 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.438 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.983 degrees. |
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