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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 Albert, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Albert 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 Albert:
    • 34.461485, -83.943241
    • 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 Albert
  • 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 Lumpkin County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lumpkin County
    • Since Albert is near Hall County and also Dawson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hall County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Dawson 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 Albert

Communities Also Named Albert ...

We found seventeen communities that are also named Albert.

Within Georgia, the name Albert is unique.

Beyond Georgia, we know of seventeen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these seventeen communities, thirteen are located in the United States and four are in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Dallas County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Albert [Dallas County].
    • Arkansas
      • Montgomery County
      • This Albert is located in Montgomery County and lies 565 miles [909.3 km]<2> to the west of the Albert that is located in Lumpkin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Albert.
    • California
      • Sacramento County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Albert [Sacramento County].
    • Kansas
      • Barton County
      • This Albert is located in Barton County and lies 879 miles [1,414.6 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Albert that is located in Lumpkin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Barton County community of Albert.
    • Maine
      • Aroostook County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Albert [Aroostook County].
    • Manitoba
      • We haven't found the location of this community yet.
    • New Brunswick
      • This Albert lies 1,269 miles [2,042.3 km]<2> to the northeast of the Albert that is located in Lumpkin County.
    • New Mexico
      • Harding County
      • This Albert is located in Harding County and lies 1,126 miles [1,812.1 km]<2> to the west of the Albert that is located in Lumpkin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harding County community of Albert.
      • Mora County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Albert [Mora County].
    • North Dakota
      • Benson County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Dakota community of Albert [Benson County].
    • Oklahoma
      • Caddo County
      • This Albert is located in Caddo County and lies 820 miles [1,319.7 km]<2> to the west of the Albert that is located in Lumpkin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Caddo County community of Albert.
    • Ontario
      • This Albert lies 770 miles [1,239.2 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Albert that is located in Lumpkin County.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Luzerne County
      • This Albert is located in Luzerne County and lies 633 miles [1,018.7 km]<2> to the northeast of the Albert that is located in Lumpkin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Luzerne County community of Albert.
    • Saskatchewan
      • This Albert lies 1,656 miles [2,665.1 km]<2> to the northwest of the Albert that is located in Lumpkin County.
    • Texas
      • Gillespie County
      • This Albert is located in Gillespie County and lies 903 miles [1,453.2 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Albert that is located in Lumpkin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gillespie County community of Albert.
    • Virginia
      • Scott County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Albert [Scott County].
    • West Virginia
      • Tucker County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Albert [Tucker County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Albert ...

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.

  • Big Oak
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Big Oak is located in Hall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Oak
  • Buckhorn Tavern
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Buckhorn Tavern is located in Lumpkin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckhorn Tavern
  • Grace ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Grace is located in Lumpkin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grace
  • Halfway ‑ Historic
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Halfway is located in Lumpkin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway
  • Indian Hills
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Indian Hills is located in Hall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Hills
  • Lake Shore
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Lake Shore is located in Hall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Shore
  • Leisure Lake
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Leisure Lake is located in Hall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisure Lake
  • Price
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Price is located in Hall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price
  • Squirrel Creek
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Squirrel Creek is located in Hall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squirrel Creek
  • Wahoo Forest
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Wahoo Forest is located in Hall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wahoo Forest
  • Wahoo Valley
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Wahoo Valley is located in Hall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wahoo Valley
  • Wild ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Wild is located in Lumpkin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wild

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<3> community of Albert once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Albert and extending to:

  • Dahlonega, which is the Seat of Lumpkin County, lies just to the North Northwest.
  • Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 55 miles [88.5 km]<2> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could walk a straight line from Albert to Atlanta, with an average speed<4> 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 over two days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 489 miles [787 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 20 days and walking would take 28 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,387 miles [10,278.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,091 miles [11,411.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,969 miles [7,996.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Albert 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.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Albert) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Albert, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Albert 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 Albert. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.4615, Longitude: -83.9432       In this case, the coordinates for Albert have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.018 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.507 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.935 degrees.