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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 Ashley Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ashley Park 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 Ashley Park:
    • 33.507336, -84.476872
    • 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 Ashley Park
  • 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 Fayette County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Fayette County
    • Since Ashley Park is near Clayton County and also Fulton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Clayton County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Fulton 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 Ashley Park

Communities Also Named Ashley Park ...

We found three communities that are also named Ashley Park.

Within Georgia, the name Ashley Park is unique.

Beyond Georgia, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • North Carolina
      • Mecklenburg County
      • This Ashley Park is located in Mecklenburg County and lies 236 miles [379.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Ashley Park that is located in Fayette County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mecklenburg County community of Ashley Park.
      • Wake County
      • This Ashley Park is located in Wake County and lies 368 miles [592.2 km] to the east northeast of the Ashley Park that is located in Fayette County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wake County community of Ashley Park.
    • Utah
      • Salt Lake County
      • This Ashley Park is located in Salt Lake County and lies 1,577 miles [2,537.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Ashley Park that is located in Fayette County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County community of Ashley Park.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Ashley Park ...

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.

  • Cottonwood
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Cottonwood is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood
  • Dix - Leeson
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Dix - Leeson is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dix - Leeson
  • Gamma
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Gamma is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gamma
  • Ginger Hills
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Ginger Hills is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ginger Hills
  • Graves Way
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Graves Way is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graves Way
  • Hickory Acres
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Hickory Acres is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Acres
  • Hopeful
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Hopeful is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopeful
  • Lees Mill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Lees Mill is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lees Mill
  • Ponderosa
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Ponderosa is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponderosa
  • Timberlake
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Timberlake is located in Clayton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timberlake

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

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

  • Fayetteville, which is the Seat of Fayette County, lies just to the South Southeast.
  • Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could walk a straight line from Ashley Park to Atlanta, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 556 miles [894.8 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<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,454 miles [10,386.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,156 miles [11,516.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,034 miles [8,101.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'

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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Ashley Park) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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.
<3>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 Ashley Park 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 Ashley Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.5073, Longitude: -84.4769       In this case, the coordinates for Ashley Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.295 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.691 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.379 degrees.