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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 White Hill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to White 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 White Hill:
    • 32.679892, -81.573164
    • 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 White 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 Screven County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Screven County
    • Since White Hill is near Hampton County and also Bulloch County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hampton County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Bulloch 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 White Hill

Communities Also Named White Hill ...

We found eight communities that are also named White Hill.

Within Georgia, the name White Hill is unique.

Beyond Georgia, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these eight communities, seven are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Illinois
      • Johnson County
      • This White Hill is located in Johnson County and lies 528 miles [849.7 km]<1> to the northwest of the White Hill that is located in Screven County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Johnson County community of White Hill.
    • New Jersey
      • Burlington 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 New Jersey community of White Hill [Burlington County].
    • North Carolina
      • Lee County
      • This White Hill is located in Lee County and lies 228 miles [366.9 km]<1> to the north northeast of the White Hill that is located in Screven County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lee County community of White Hill.
    • Nova Scotia
      • This White Hill lies 1,335 miles [2,148.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the White Hill that is located in Screven County.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Cumberland County
      • This White Hill is located in Cumberland County and lies 581 miles [935 km]<1> to the north northeast of the White Hill that is located in Screven County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cumberland County community of White Hill.
    • Tennessee
      • Sumner County
      • This White Hill is located in Sumner County and lies 388 miles [624.4 km]<1> to the northwest of the White Hill that is located in Screven County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sumner County community of White Hill.
      • Van Buren County
      • This White Hill is located in Van Buren County and lies 307 miles [494.1 km] to the northwest of the White Hill that is located in Screven County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Van Buren County community of White Hill.
    • Virginia
      • Augusta County
      • This White Hill is located in Augusta County and lies 396 miles [637.3 km]<1> to the north northeast of the White Hill that is located in Screven County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Augusta County community of White Hill.

Curious and Interesting Names Near White 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.

  • Donegal
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Donegal is located in Bulloch County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donegal
  • Double Heads
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Double Heads is located in Screven County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Double Heads
  • Dover
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Eureka Springs ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Eureka Springs is located in Screven County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka Springs
  • Farmdale
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Farmdale is located in Screven County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmdale
  • Green Hill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Green Hill is located in Screven County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill
  • Halcyondale
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Halcyondale is located in Screven County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halcyondale
  • Hunters
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Hunters is located in Screven County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters
  • Lewis
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Lewis is located in Screven County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis
  • Martins Landing
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Martins Landing is located in Hampton County (SC)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martins Landing
  • Oliver
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)

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

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

  • Sylvania, which is the Seat of Screven County, lies just to the Northwest.
  • Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 178 miles [286.5 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from White Hill to Atlanta, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 11 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 498 miles [801.5 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 29 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,366 miles [10,245.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,055 miles [11,353.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,939 miles [7,948.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- White Hill) 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 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 White 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>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 White 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 White Hill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.6799, Longitude: -81.5732       In this case, the coordinates for White Hill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.599 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.621 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.49 degrees.