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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 Winter Hills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Winter Hills 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 Winter Hills:
- 33.966226, -83.284599
- 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 Winter 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 Clarke County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clarke County
- Since Winter Hills is near Oglethorpe County and also Madison County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Oglethorpe County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Madison 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 Winter Hills
Curious and Interesting Names Near Winter 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.
- Arnoldsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Bluff
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Bluff is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Bluff
- Cedar Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Creek is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Creek
- Cherokee Corner ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Cherokee Corner is located in Oglethorpe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Corner
- Cherokee Forest
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Cherokee Forest is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Forest
- Diamond Rock ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Diamond Rock is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond Rock
- Dogsboro
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Dogsboro is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogsboro
- Dowdy ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Dowdy is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dowdy
- Green Acres
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Green Acres is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
- Hull
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Hunters Ridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Hunters Ridge is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Ridge
- Overlook Lake
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Overlook Lake is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overlook Lake
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Rock and Shoals
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Rock and Shoals is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock and Shoals
- Shadow Moss
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Shadow Moss is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadow Moss
- Shoal Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Shoal Creek is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoal Creek
- Shoalsview
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Shoalsview is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoalsview
- Snapfinger
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Snapfinger is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snapfinger
- Stonemill Run
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Stonemill Run is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonemill Run
- University Heights
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- University Heights is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Heights
- Windfall Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Windfall Heights is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windfall Heights
- Winterville
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
How Far From Winter Hills 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 Winter Hills to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Winter Hills and extending to:
- Athens, which is the Seat of Clarke County, lies just to the West.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 65 miles [104.6 km]<2> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could walk a straight line from Winter Hills to Atlanta, with an average speed<3> 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 about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 486 miles [782.1 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 19 days and walking would take 28 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,382 miles [10,270.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,082 miles [11,397.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,961 miles [7,984 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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 from Point A (ie- Winter Hills) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Winter 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 Winter Hills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.9662, Longitude: -83.2846 In this case, the coordinates for Winter Hills have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.616 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.974 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.803 degrees. |
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