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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 Orchard Hill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Orchard Hill 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 Orchard Hill:
    • 33.185099, -84.212252
    • 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 Orchard Hill
  • 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 Orchard Hill ...

We found six communities that share the name Orchard Hill.

Within Georgia, the name Orchard Hill is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Maryland
      • Kent County
      • This Orchard Hill is located in Kent County and lies 614 miles [988.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the Orchard Hill that is located in Spalding County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kent County community of Orchard Hill.
    • Michigan
      • Alpena 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 Orchard Hill [Alpena County].
    • Ohio
      • Gallia County
      • This Orchard Hill is located in Gallia County and lies 404 miles [650.2 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Orchard Hill that is located in Spalding County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gallia County community of Orchard Hill.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Westmoreland County
      • This Orchard Hill is located in Westmoreland County and lies 546 miles [878.7 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Orchard Hill that is located in Spalding County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Westmoreland County community of Orchard Hill.
      • York County
      • This Orchard Hill is located in York County and lies 629 miles [1,012.3 km] to the northeast of the Orchard Hill that is located in Spalding County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the York County community of Orchard Hill.
    • South Carolina
      • Dorchester County
      • This Orchard Hill is located in Dorchester County and lies 231 miles [371.8 km]<1> to the east of the Orchard Hill that is located in Spalding County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dorchester County community of Orchard Hill.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Orchard 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.

  • Experiment
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Five Points
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Five Points have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
    • Five Points is located in Lamar County
  • Griffin
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • High Falls
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for High Falls have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Falls
    • High Falls is located in Monroe County
  • Liberty Hill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hill
    • Liberty Hill is located in Lamar County
  • Meansville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Pleasant Grove
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
    • Pleasant Grove is located in Spalding County
  • Rover
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rover have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rover
    • Rover is located in Spalding County
  • Unionville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Unionville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
    • Unionville is located in Lamar County
  • Weaver ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Weaver have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaver
    • Weaver is located in Pike County

How Far From Orchard Hill 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 town such as Orchard Hill to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Griffin, which is the Seat of Spalding County, lies just to the Northwest.
  • Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could walk a straight line from Orchard Hill to Atlanta, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two 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 561 miles [902.8 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 22 days and walking would take 32 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,458 miles [10,393.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,157 miles [11,518.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,037 miles [8,106.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Orchard Hill. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Spalding County: www.spaldingcounty.com/

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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Orchard Hill) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Orchard Hill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.1851, Longitude: -84.2123       In this case, the coordinates for Orchard Hill 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Orchard Hill 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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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>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.
<6>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 Orchard Hill to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.126 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.451 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.353 degrees.




 

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