Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Toccoa, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Toccoa and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Toccoa
- 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 Toccoa:
- 34.579398, -83.330003
- 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 Toccoa
- 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 Stephens County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Stephens County
- Since Toccoa is near Habersham County and also Oconee County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Habersham County
- 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Toccoa ...
We found two communities that share the name Toccoa.
There is one other community in Georgia which is also named Toccoa.
Beyond Georgia, there is another community also named Toccoa in the United States.
- Communities Located In Georgia ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Curious and Interesting Names Near Toccoa ...
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.
- Dicks Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dicks Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dicks Hill
- Dicks Hill is located in Habersham County
- Fighting Pine
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fighting Pine have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fighting Pine
- Fighting Pine is located in Stephens County
- Fowlertown
(Less than 2 miles to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fowlertown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowlertown
- Fowlertown is located in Stephens County
- Hills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west) - Jenkins Ferry
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jenkins Ferry have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenkins Ferry
- Jenkins Ferry is located in Stephens County
- Martin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin
- Martin is located in Stephens County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 376 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Martin <4>
- New Switzerland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Switzerland have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Switzerland
- New Switzerland is located in Habersham County
- Prospect
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south) - Red Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south) - Shorts Mill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shorts Mill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shorts Mill
- Shorts Mill is located in Habersham County
- Toms Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Toms Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toms Creek
- Toms Creek is located in Stephens County
- Tugaloo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north) - Union Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Union Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Hill
- Union Hill is located in Stephens County
How Far From Toccoa 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 city such as Toccoa to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Toccoa and extending to:
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 83 miles [133.6 km]<2> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Toccoa to Atlanta, with an average speed<5>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 5 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 458 miles [737.1 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 18 days and walking would take 26 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,356 miles [10,229 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,059 miles [11,360.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,937 miles [7,945.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Toccoa: www.cityoftoccoa.com/
The official website for State of Georgia: https://georgia.gov/
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 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 Toccoa 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> | 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- Toccoa) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Toccoa. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.5794, Longitude: -83.3300 |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Toccoa 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 311.661 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.112 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.662 degrees. |