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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 Mountain Lake Estates, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mountain Lake Estates 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 Mountain Lake Estates:
- 34.183429, -85.780523
- 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 Mountain Lake Estates
- 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 Cherokee County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cherokee County
- Since Mountain Lake Estates is near Etowah County and also DeKalb County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Etowah County
- Open the eBird sighting report for DeKalb 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 Mountain Lake Estates
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mountain Lake Estates ...
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.
- Billy Goat Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Billy Goat Hill is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billy Goat Hill
- Blue Pond
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Blue Pond is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Pond
- Dixon Shop
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Dixon Shop is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon Shop
- Edwards Ferry
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Edwards Ferry is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwards Ferry
- Griffin
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Griffin is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffin
- Hopewell
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hopewell is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
- Kings Hill ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Kings Hill is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Hill
- Lay Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Lay Springs is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lay Springs
- Leesburg
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Leonard
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Leonard is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leonard
- Maple Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Maple Grove is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove
- Round Mountain
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Round Mountain is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Mountain
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Sand Rock
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Sand Rock is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Rock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 674 people
- Scrougeout ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Scrougeout is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scrougeout
- Slackland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Slackland is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slackland
- Wood Ferry
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Wood Ferry is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood Ferry
How Far From Mountain Lake Estates 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 Mountain Lake Estates to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Mountain Lake Estates and extending to:
- Centre, which is the Seat of Cherokee County, lies just to the East Southeast.
- Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 128 miles [206 km]<2> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Mountain Lake Estates to Montgomery, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 583 miles [938.2 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 23 days and walking would take 34 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,477 miles [10,423.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,186 miles [11,564.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,062 miles [8,146.5 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Mountain Lake Estates) 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 Mountain Lake Estates 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 Mountain Lake Estates. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.1834, Longitude: -85.7805 In this case, the coordinates for Mountain Lake Estates have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.10 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.714 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.738 degrees. |
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