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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 Oakhill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Oakhill 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 Oakhill:
    • 34.259271, -83.754062
    • 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 Oakhill
  • 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 Oakhill is near Jackson County and also Banks County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Jackson County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Banks 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 Oakhill

Communities Also Named Oakhill ...

We found nine communities that are also named Oakhill.

There are two communities within Georgia that are also named Oakhill.

Beyond Georgia, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these seven communities, eight are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Located In Georgia ...
    • Cobb County
      • This Oakhill is located in Cobb County and lies 56 miles [90.1 km]<1> to the southwest of the Oakhill that is located in Hall County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cobb County community of Oakhill.
    • Henry County
      • This Oakhill is located in Henry County and lies 55 miles [88.5 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Oakhill that is located in Hall County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henry County community of Oakhill.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Louisiana
      • Natchitoches Parish
      • This Oakhill is located in Natchitoches Parish and lies 570 miles [917.3 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Oakhill that is located in Hall County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Natchitoches Parish community of Oakhill.
    • Maryland
      • Anne Arundel County
      • This Oakhill is located in Anne Arundel County and lies 518 miles [833.6 km]<1> to the northeast of the Oakhill that is located in Hall County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anne Arundel County community of Oakhill.
    • Michigan
      • Berrien 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 Michigan community of Oakhill [Berrien County].
    • Minnesota
      • Todd 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 Minnesota community of Oakhill [Todd County].
    • Missouri
      • Barry County
      • This Oakhill is located in Barry County and lies 581 miles [935 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Oakhill that is located in Hall County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Barry County community of Oakhill.
    • Ontario
      • This Oakhill lies 651 miles [1,047.7 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Oakhill that is located in Hall County.
    • Virginia
      • Dinwiddie County
      • This Oakhill is located in Dinwiddie County and lies 406 miles [653.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Oakhill that is located in Hall County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dinwiddie County community of Oakhill.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Oakhill ...

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.

  • Chicopee
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Chicopee is located in Hall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chicopee
  • Eaglewood
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Eaglewood is located in Hall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eaglewood
  • Evergreen Heights
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Evergreen Heights is located in Hall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Heights
  • Fleetwood
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Fleetwood is located in Hall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleetwood
  • Frontier Trail
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Frontier Trail is located in Hall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frontier Trail
  • Greenway
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Greenway is located in Hall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenway
  • New Holland
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • New Holland is located in Hall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Holland
  • Pleasant Brook
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Pleasant Brook is located in Hall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Brook
  • Pond Fork ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Pond Fork is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pond Fork
  • Rabbitown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Rabbitown is located in Hall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rabbitown
  • Rainbow Village
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Rainbow Village is located in Hall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainbow Village
  • Shady Valley
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Shady Valley is located in Hall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Valley
  • Sugar Hill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Sugar Hill is located in Hall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Hill
  • Tanner Mill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Tanner Mill is located in Hall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanner Mill

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

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

  • Gainesville, which is the Seat of Hall County, lies just to the Northwest.
  • Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 50 miles [80.5 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could walk a straight line from Oakhill 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 most of two days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 490 miles [788.6 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 28 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,388 miles [10,280.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,091 miles [11,411.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,969 miles [7,996.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Oakhill) 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Oakhill 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 Oakhill 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 Oakhill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.2593, Longitude: -83.7541       In this case, the coordinates for Oakhill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.90 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.343 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.912 degrees.