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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 Love Hill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Love Hill 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 Love Hill:
- 34.918688, -85.146341
- 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 Love Hill
- 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 Catoosa County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Catoosa County
- Since Love Hill is near Hamilton County and also Walker County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hamilton County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Walker 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 Love Hill
Communities Also Named Love Hill ...
We found one communities that are also named Love Hill.
Within Georgia, the name Love Hill is unique.
Beyond Georgia, there is another community also named Love Hill in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Houston County
- This Love Hill is located in Houston County and lies 262 miles [421.6 km]<1> to the south of the Love Hill that is located in Catoosa County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Houston County community of Love Hill.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Love Hill ...
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.
- Burning Bush
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Burning Bush is located in Catoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burning Bush
- Cinderella Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cinderella Hills is located in Catoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cinderella Hills
- Ellie Spring
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Ellie Spring is located in Catoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellie Spring
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,714 people
- Graysville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Greenwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Greenwood is located in Catoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Indian Springs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Indian Springs is located in Catoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Springs
- Pleasant Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Catoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Poplar Springs
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Poplar Springs is located in Catoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Springs
- Post Oak
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Post Oak is located in Catoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Oak
- Scenic Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Scenic Hills is located in Catoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scenic Hills
- Shookville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Shookville is located in Catoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shookville
- Stone Church
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Stone Church is located in Catoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Church
- Sugartown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sugartown is located in Catoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugartown
- Summit Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Summit Hill is located in Catoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Hill
How Far From Love Hill to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Love Hill to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Love Hill and extending to:
- Ringgold, which is the Seat of Catoosa County, lies just to the East.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 91 miles [146.5 km]<1> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Love Hill to Atlanta, with an average speed<3>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 525 miles [844.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 21 days and walking would take 30 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,416 miles [10,325.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,126 miles [11,468.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,002 miles [8,049.9 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Love Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Love Hill 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 Love Hill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.9187, Longitude: -85.1463 In this case, the coordinates for Love Hill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.751 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.415 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.306 degrees. |
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