Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Hunt, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hunt and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Hunt
- 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 Hunt:
- 34.968914, -83.752287
- 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 Hunt
- 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 Towns County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Towns County
- Since Hunt is near Clay County and also Union County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Clay County
- eBird sighting report for Union 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 Hunt ...
We found sixteen communities that share the name Hunt.
Within Georgia, the name Hunt is unique.
Beyond Georgia, we know of another sixteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- Columbia County
- This Hunt is located in Columbia County and lies 562 miles [904.5 km]<1> to the west of the Hunt that is located in Towns County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Columbia County community of Hunt.
- Johnson County
- This Hunt is located in Johnson County and lies 559 miles [899.6 km] to the west of the Hunt that is located in Towns County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Johnson County community of Hunt.
- Florida
- Idaho
- Kentucky
- Clark County
- This Hunt is located in Clark County and lies 204 miles [328.3 km]<1> to the north of the Hunt that is located in Towns County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clark County community of Hunt.
- Pike 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 Kentucky community of Hunt [Pike County].
- Louisiana
- Bienville Parish
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Hunt [Bienville Parish].
- Union Parish
- This Hunt is located in Union Parish and lies 530 miles [853 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Hunt that is located in Towns County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Union Parish community of Hunt.
- Michigan
- Mississippi
- New York
- Ohio
- Texas
- Hunt 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 Texas community of Hunt [Hunt County].
- Kerr County
- This Hunt is located in Kerr County and lies 967 miles [1,556.2 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Hunt that is located in Towns County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kerr County community of Hunt.
- West Virginia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hunt ...
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.
- Cedar Cliff
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Cliff have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Cliff
- Cedar Cliff is located in Towns County
- Elf
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Elf. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elf
- Elf is located in Clay County (NC)
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Elf
- From Hunt to Elf
- Fires Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fires Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fires Creek
- Fires Creek is located in Clay County (NC)
- Friendship
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Friendship have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Friendship is located in Towns County
- Mountain Scene
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mountain Scene have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Scene
- Mountain Scene is located in Towns County
- Shooting Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shooting Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shooting Creek
- Shooting Creek is located in Clay County (NC)
- Sunnyside
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest) - Trackrock ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest) - Young Harris
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Young Harris have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Young Harris
- Young Harris is located in Towns County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,668 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Young Harris <6>
How Far From Hunt 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 Hunt to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic community of Hunt once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Hunt and extending to:
- Hiawassee, which is the Seat of Towns County, lies just to the South Southwest.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 91 miles [146.5 km]<1> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Hunt to Atlanta, with an average speed<7>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 459 miles [738.7 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 18 days and walking would take 26 days.
- The shortest distance<8> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,356 miles [10,229 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,061 miles [11,363.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,939 miles [7,948.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<11>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for State of Georgia: https://georgia.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Hunt) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Hunt. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.9689, Longitude: -83.7523 In this case, the coordinates for Hunt have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Hunt 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> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Hunt, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <6> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <7> | 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. |
| <8> | 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 Hunt to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.92 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.466 degrees. |
| <11> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.729 degrees. |