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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 Sardis Heights, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sardis Heights 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 Sardis Heights:
- 34.376209, -83.904072
- 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 Sardis Heights
- 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 Sardis Heights is near Lumpkin County and also Forsyth County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lumpkin County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Forsyth 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 Sardis Heights
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sardis Heights ...
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.
- Big Oak
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Big Oak is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Oak
- Destitute Acres
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Destitute Acres is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Destitute Acres
- Greystone
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Greystone is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greystone
- Happy Valley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Happy Valley is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Valley
- Holiday Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Holiday Hills is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Hills
- Indian Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Indian Hills is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Hills
- Lake Ranch
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Lake Ranch is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Ranch
- Leisure Lake
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Leisure Lake is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisure Lake
- Looper Lake
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Looper Lake is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Looper Lake
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Price
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Price is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price
- Scoutland
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Scoutland is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scoutland
- Shady Lane
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Shady Lane is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Lane
- Squirrel Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Squirrel Creek is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squirrel Creek
- Wahoo Forest
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Wahoo Forest is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wahoo Forest
- Wahoo Valley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Wahoo Valley is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wahoo Valley
How Far From Sardis Heights 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 community such as Sardis Heights to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Sardis Heights and extending to:
- Gainesville, which is the Seat of Hall County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 51 miles [82.1 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could walk a straight line from Sardis Heights to Atlanta, with an average speed<2> 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 491 miles [790.2 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<3> 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).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,093 miles [11,415.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,971 miles [8,000 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
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 from Point A (ie- Sardis Heights) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Sardis Heights 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 Sardis Heights. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.3762, Longitude: -83.9041 In this case, the coordinates for Sardis Heights have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.992 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.465 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.941 degrees. |
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