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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 Rebel Hill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Rebel 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 Rebel Hill:
    • 33.990391, -83.467661
    • 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 Rebel 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 Clarke County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Clarke County
    • Since Rebel Hill is near Jackson County and also Oconee 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 Oconee 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 Rebel Hill

Communities Also Named Rebel Hill ...

We found two communities that are also named Rebel Hill.

Within Georgia, the name Rebel Hill is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • New Jersey
      • Somerset County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Rebel Hill [Somerset County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Montgomery County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Rebel Hill [Montgomery County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Rebel 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.

  • Allen
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Allen is located in Oconee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen
  • Bogart
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Camelot
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Camelot is located in Clarke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot
  • Center
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Center is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center
  • Cherokee Forest
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Cherokee Forest is located in Clarke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Forest
  • Deerbrook
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Deerbrook is located in Oconee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerbrook
  • Elder
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Elder is located in Clarke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elder
  • Fieldstone
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Fieldstone is located in Oconee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fieldstone
  • Greene
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Greene is located in Oconee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greene
  • Holly Hills
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Holly Hills is located in Clarke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Hills
  • Jennings Mill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Jennings Mill is located in Oconee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jennings Mill
  • Kingswood
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Kingswood is located in Clarke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingswood
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • McNutt Creek
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • McNutt Creek is located in Clarke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McNutt Creek
    • Oak Grove
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Oak Grove is located in Oconee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
    • Overlook Village
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Overlook Village is located in Oconee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overlook Village
    • Pine Ridge
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Pine Ridge is located in Oconee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Ridge
    • Quailwood
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Quailwood is located in Clarke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quailwood
    • Ramble Hills
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Ramble Hills is located in Clarke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramble Hills
    • Red Stone
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Red Stone is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Stone
    • Rollingwood
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Rollingwood is located in Clarke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rollingwood
    • Rushwood
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Rushwood is located in Clarke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rushwood
    • Skyline Park
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Skyline Park is located in Clarke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyline Park
    • Tanglebrook
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Tanglebrook is located in Oconee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanglebrook
    • Tanglewood
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Tanglewood is located in Clarke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanglewood
    • Windy Hill
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Windy Hill is located in Clarke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windy Hill

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Rebel Hill and extending to:

  • Athens, which is the Seat of Clarke County, lies just to the East Southeast.
  • Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 55 miles [88.5 km]<3> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could walk a straight line from Rebel Hill to Atlanta, with an average speed<4> 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 492 miles [791.8 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 20 days and walking would take 28 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,389 miles [10,282.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,090 miles [11,410.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,968 miles [7,995.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Rebel 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.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>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 from Point A (ie- Rebel Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<4>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.
<5>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 Rebel 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 Rebel Hill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.9904, Longitude: -83.4677       In this case, the coordinates for Rebel Hill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.724 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.101 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.868 degrees.