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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 Holly Heights, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Holly Heights 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 Holly Heights:
    • 33.607054, -85.094945
    • 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 Holly 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 Carroll County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Carroll County
    • Since Holly Heights is near Haralson County and also Douglas County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Haralson County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Douglas 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 Holly Heights

Communities Also Named Holly Heights ...

We found three communities that are also named Holly Heights.

Within Georgia, the name Holly Heights is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Pennsylvania
      • York County
      • This Holly Heights is located in York County and lies 635 miles [1,021.9 km]<1> to the northeast of the Holly Heights that is located in Carroll County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the York County community of Holly Heights.
    • Tennessee
      • Hamilton County
      • This Holly Heights is located in Hamilton County and lies 115 miles [185.1 km]<1> to the north of the Holly Heights that is located in Carroll County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Holly Heights.
    • Utah
      • Salt Lake County
      • This Holly Heights is located in Salt Lake County and lies 1,544 miles [2,484.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Holly Heights that is located in Carroll County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County community of Holly Heights.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Holly 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.

  • Cedarwood
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Cedarwood is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarwood
  • Double Branches
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Double Branches is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Double Branches
  • Hickory Heights
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Hickory Heights is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Heights
  • Knob Hill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Knob Hill is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knob Hill
  • Leisure Heights
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Leisure Heights is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisure Heights
  • Oak Mountain
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Oak Mountain is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Mountain
  • Plowshare ‑ Historic
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Plowshare is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plowshare
  • Riverbend
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Riverbend is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverbend
  • Shady Grove
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Shady Grove is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove

How Far From Holly 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 Holly Heights to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Carrollton, which is the Seat of Carroll County, lies just to the South Southeast.
  • Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 41 miles [66 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could walk a straight line from Holly Heights to Atlanta, with an average speed<2> 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 578 miles [930.2 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 23 days and walking would take 33 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,475 miles [10,420.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,180 miles [11,555.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,057 miles [8,138.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'

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- Holly Heights) 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 Holly Heights 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 Holly Heights. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.6071, Longitude: -85.0949       In this case, the coordinates for Holly Heights have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.664 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.13 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.598 degrees.