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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 Scenic Hills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Scenic Hills 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 Scenic Hills:
    • 34.923132, -85.159397
    • 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 Scenic Hills
  • 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 Scenic Hills 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 Scenic Hills

Communities Also Named Scenic Hills ...

We found seven communities that are also named Scenic Hills.

Within Georgia, the name Scenic Hills is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Elmore County
      • This Scenic Hills is located in Elmore County and lies 186 miles [299.3 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Scenic Hills that is located in Catoosa County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Elmore County community of Scenic Hills.
      • Mobile County
      • This Scenic Hills is located in Mobile County and lies 340 miles [547.2 km] to the south southwest of the Scenic Hills that is located in Catoosa County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mobile County community of Scenic Hills.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Delaware 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 Pennsylvania community of Scenic Hills [Delaware County].
    • Texas
      • Bexar 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 Texas community of Scenic Hills [Bexar County].
      • Guadalupe County
      • Although located in Guadalupe County, we don't know the location within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Guadalupe County community of Scenic Hills.
    • Virginia
      • Roanoke County
      • This Scenic Hills is located in Roanoke County and lies 327 miles [526.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Scenic Hills that is located in Catoosa County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Roanoke County community of Scenic Hills.
    • West Virginia
      • Wood County
      • This Scenic Hills is located in Wood County and lies 361 miles [581 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Scenic Hills that is located in Catoosa County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wood County community of Scenic Hills.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Scenic Hills ...

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
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • 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)
  • Harris Hills
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Harris Hills is located in Hamilton County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris Hills
  • 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
  • Love Hill
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Love Hill is located in Catoosa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Love Hill
  • Pleasant Grove
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • 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
  • Shookville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Shookville is located in Catoosa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shookville
  • Stone Church
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Stone Church is located in Catoosa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Church
  • 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 Scenic Hills 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 Scenic Hills to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Scenic Hills 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 Scenic Hills to Atlanta, with an average speed<4>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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,417 miles [10,327.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,126 miles [11,468.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,002 miles [8,049.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Scenic Hills) 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 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 Scenic Hills 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>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 Scenic Hills 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 Scenic Hills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.9231, Longitude: -85.1594       In this case, the coordinates for Scenic Hills have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.759 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.424 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.31 degrees.