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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 Laurel Hills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Laurel Hills 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 Laurel Hills:
    • 34.368156, -83.797679
    • 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 Laurel Hills
  • 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 Laurel Hills is near Banks County and also Lumpkin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Banks County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lumpkin 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 Laurel Hills

Communities Also Named Laurel Hills ...

We found eight communities that are also named Laurel Hills.

There are two communities within Georgia that are also named Laurel Hills.

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

  • Communities Located In Georgia ...
    • Cobb County
      • This Laurel Hills is located in Cobb County and lies 54 miles [86.9 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Laurel Hills that is located in Hall County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cobb County community of Laurel Hills.
    • Muscogee County
      • This Laurel Hills is located in Muscogee County and lies 144 miles [231.7 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Laurel Hills that is located in Hall County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Muscogee County community of Laurel Hills.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Tuscaloosa County
      • This Laurel Hills is located in Tuscaloosa County and lies 226 miles [363.7 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Laurel Hills that is located in Hall County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tuscaloosa County community of Laurel Hills.
    • North Carolina
      • Wake 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 North Carolina community of Laurel Hills [Wake County].
    • South Carolina
      • Greenville County
      • This Laurel Hills is located in Greenville County and lies 94 miles [151.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Laurel Hills that is located in Hall County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greenville County community of Laurel Hills.
    • Virginia
      • Albemarle County
      • This Laurel Hills is located in Albemarle County and lies 382 miles [614.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the Laurel Hills that is located in Hall County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Albemarle County community of Laurel Hills.
      • Prince William County
      • This Laurel Hills is located in Prince William County and lies 465 miles [748.3 km] to the northeast of the Laurel Hills that is located in Hall County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Prince William County community of Laurel Hills.
      • Roanoke County
      • This Laurel Hills is located in Roanoke County and lies 289 miles [465.1 km] to the northeast of the Laurel Hills that is located in Hall County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Roanoke County community of Laurel Hills.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Laurel Hills ...

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.

  • Beaver Pond
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Beaver Pond is located in Hall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Pond
  • Blueberry Hills
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Blueberry Hills is located in Hall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blueberry Hills
  • Cherokee Meadows
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Cherokee Meadows is located in Hall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Meadows
  • Destitute Acres
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Destitute Acres is located in Hall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Destitute Acres
  • Griffin Heights
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Griffin Heights is located in Hall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffin Heights
  • Happy Valley
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Happy Valley is located in Hall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Valley
  • Heather Heights
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Heather Heights is located in Hall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heather Heights
  • Lake Watch
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Lake Watch is located in Hall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Watch
  • Pine Point
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Pine Point is located in Hall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Point
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Quiet Place in the Woods
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • River Point
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • River Point is located in Hall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Point
    • Riverbend
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Riverbend is located in Hall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverbend
    • Shady Lane
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Shady Lane is located in Hall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Lane
    • Shamrock Heights
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Shamrock Heights is located in Hall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shamrock Heights
    • Sunset Heights
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Sunset Heights is located in Hall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Heights

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

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

  • Gainesville, which is the Seat of Hall County, lies just to the South Southwest.
  • Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 54 miles [86.9 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could walk a straight line from Laurel Hills to Atlanta, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 487 miles [783.8 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 19 days and walking would take 28 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,385 miles [10,275.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,089 miles [11,408.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,967 miles [7,993.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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- Laurel Hills) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Laurel Hills 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>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 Laurel Hills 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 Laurel Hills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.3682, Longitude: -83.7977       In this case, the coordinates for Laurel Hills have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.929 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.392 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.901 degrees.