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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 Summer Estates, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Summer Estates 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 Summer Estates:
    • 34.212039, -85.576350
    • 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 Summer 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 Summer Estates is near Floyd County and also DeKalb County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Floyd 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 Summer Estates

Curious and Interesting Names Near Summer 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.

  • Alexis
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Alexis is located in Cherokee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alexis
  • Billy Goat Hill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Billy Goat Hill is located in Cherokee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billy Goat Hill
  • Cedar Bluff
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Cedar Springs ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Cedar Springs is located in Cherokee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Springs
  • Centre
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Cornwall
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Cornwall is located in Cherokee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwall
  • Cornwall Furnace
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Cornwall Furnace is located in Cherokee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwall Furnace
  • Edwards Ferry
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Edwards Ferry is located in Cherokee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwards Ferry
  • Grantville ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Grantville is located in Cherokee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantville
  • Grassland
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Grassland is located in Cherokee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassland
  • Hall Valley
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Hall Valley is located in Cherokee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hall Valley
  • Key
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Key is located in Cherokee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Key
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Kirk's Grove
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Kirk's Grove is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirk's Grove
    • Little River
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Little River is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little River
    • Noah
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Noah is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noah
    • Pathkiller Cove
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Pathkiller Cove is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pathkiller Cove
    • Round Mountain
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Round Mountain is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Mountain
    • Tucker Crossroads
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Tucker Crossroads is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tucker Crossroads

How Far From Summer Estates 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 Summer 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 Summer Estates and extending to:

  • Centre, which is the Seat of Cherokee County, lies just to the Southwest.
  • Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 133 miles [214 km]<2> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Summer 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 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 573 miles [922.2 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 23 days and walking would take 33 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,467 miles [10,407.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,175 miles [11,547 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,052 miles [8,130.4 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Summer 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 Summer 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 Summer Estates. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.2120, Longitude: -85.5764       In this case, the coordinates for Summer Estates have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.979 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.578 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.649 degrees.