Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Yorkville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Yorkville and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Yorkville
- 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 Yorkville:
- 33.924269, -84.995501
- 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 Yorkville
- 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 Paulding County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Paulding County
- Since Yorkville is near Polk County and also Haralson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Polk County
- eBird sighting report for Haralson 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 Yorkville ...
We found fourteen communities that share the name Yorkville.
Within Georgia, the name Yorkville is unique.
Beyond Georgia, we know of another fourteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these fourteen communities, thirteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Colorado
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Michigan
- New York
- New York County
- This Yorkville is located in New York County and lies 767 miles [1,234.4 km]<1> to the northeast of the Yorkville that is located in Paulding County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the New York County community of Yorkville.
- Oneida County
- This Yorkville is located in Oneida County and lies 822 miles [1,322.9 km] to the northeast of the Yorkville that is located in Paulding County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oneida County community of Yorkville.
- Ohio
- Ontario
- We haven't found the location of this community yet.
- South Carolina
- Tennessee
- Virginia
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
Curious and Interesting Names Near Yorkville ...
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.
- Brewers ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest) - Bud
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast) - Divide
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast) - Don ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the north) - Draketown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south) - Emerald Forest
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Emerald Forest have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerald Forest
- Emerald Forest is located in Paulding County
- Hart Circle
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hart Circle have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hart Circle
- Hart Circle is located in Paulding County
- Hickory Gap
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hickory Gap have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Gap
- Hickory Gap is located in Paulding County
- Iron Stab
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north) - Little Creek Farms
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Creek Farms have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Creek Farms
- Little Creek Farms is located in Paulding County
- Mountain Trace
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mountain Trace have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Trace
- Mountain Trace is located in Paulding County
- Mulberry Place
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mulberry Place have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulberry Place
- Mulberry Place is located in Paulding County
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Piney Woods
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Piney Woods have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Woods
- Piney Woods is located in Haralson County
- Pumpkin
(5 miles [8 km] to the east) - Red Ore ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north) - Rock Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rock Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Springs
- Rock Springs is located in Paulding County
- Union
(5 miles [8 km] to the south) - Windmill Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Windmill Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windmill Creek
- Windmill Creek is located in Paulding County
- Piney Woods
How Far From Yorkville 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 Yorkville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Yorkville and extending to:
- Dallas, which is the Seat of Paulding County, lies just to the East.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 36 miles [57.9 km]<1> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could walk a straight line from Yorkville to Atlanta, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 559 miles [899.6 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just over a day, a buggy would take 22 days and walking would take 32 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,456 miles [10,389.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,162 miles [11,526.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,039 miles [8,109.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Yorkville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Paulding County: www.paulding.gov/
The official website for State of Georgia: https://georgia.gov/
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- Yorkville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Yorkville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.9243, Longitude: -84.9955 In this case, the coordinates for Yorkville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Yorkville 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> | 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 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 Yorkville to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.62 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.124 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.484 degrees. |