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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 Ash, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ash 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 Ash:
    • 33.803717, -84.850217
    • 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 Ash
  • 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:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Paulding County
    • Since Ash is near Douglas County and also Carroll County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Douglas County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Carroll 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 Ash

Communities Also Named Ash ...

We found seventeen communities that are also named Ash.

Within Georgia, the name Ash is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Madera County
      • This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Ash [Madera County].
    • Maryland
      • Washington County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Ash [Washington County].
    • Michigan
      • Marquette County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Ash [Marquette County].
      • Wayne County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Ash [Wayne County].
      • Wexford County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Ash [Wexford County].
    • Minnesota
      • Grant County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Ash [Grant County].
    • Missouri
      • Monroe County
      • This Ash is located in Monroe County and lies 569 miles [915.7 km]<3> to the northwest of the Ash that is located in Paulding County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monroe County community of Ash.
    • North Carolina
      • Brunswick County
      • This Ash is located in Brunswick County and lies 362 miles [582.6 km]<3> to the east of the Ash that is located in Paulding County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Brunswick County community of Ash.
    • Ohio
      • Franklin County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Ash [Franklin County].
      • Licking County
      • This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Ash [Licking County].
    • Ontario
      • This Ash lies 718 miles [1,155.5 km]<3> to the north northeast of the Ash that is located in Paulding County.
    • Oregon
      • Douglas County
      • This Ash is located in Douglas County and lies 2,183 miles [3,513.2 km]<3> to the west northwest of the Ash that is located in Paulding County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Douglas County community of Ash.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Chester County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Ash [Chester County].
    • Texas
      • Henderson County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Ash [Henderson County].
      • Houston County
      • This Ash is located in Houston County and lies 656 miles [1,055.7 km]<3> to the west southwest of the Ash that is located in Paulding County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Houston County community of Ash.
    • Washington
      • Walla Walla County
      • This Ash is located in Walla Walla County and lies 1,972 miles [3,173.6 km]<3> to the northwest of the Ash that is located in Paulding County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Walla Walla County community of Ash.
    • West Virginia
      • Mason County
      • This Ash is located in Mason County and lies 382 miles [614.8 km]<3> to the north northeast of the Ash that is located in Paulding County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mason County community of Ash.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Ash ...

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.

  • Arbor Walk
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Arbor Walk is located in Paulding County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arbor Walk
  • Black Forest
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Black Forest is located in Paulding County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Forest
  • Cottonwood Valley
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Cottonwood Valley is located in Paulding County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood Valley
  • Emerald Forest
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Emerald Forest is located in Paulding County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerald Forest
  • Green Meadows
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Green Meadows is located in Paulding County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Meadows
  • Honeysuckle Plantation
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Lake Swan
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Lake Swan is located in Paulding County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Swan
  • Meadowbrook
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Meadowbrook is located in Paulding County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowbrook
  • Oak Creek
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Oak Creek is located in Paulding County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Creek
  • Quail Run
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Quail Run is located in Paulding County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Run
  • Ridge Corners
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Ridge Corners is located in Paulding County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridge Corners
  • Swan Lake
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Swan Lake is located in Paulding County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan Lake
  • Willow Creek
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Willow Creek is located in Paulding County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Creek

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Ash and extending to:

  • Dallas, which is the Seat of Paulding County, lies just to the North.
  • Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 26 miles [41.8 km]<3> to the east (E). If you could walk a straight line from Ash to Atlanta, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 558 miles [898 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 7,160 miles [11,522.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,038 miles [8,107.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Ash, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Ash 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>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- Ash) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Ash 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 Ash. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.8037, Longitude: -84.8502       In this case, the coordinates for Ash have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.528 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.002 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.455 degrees.