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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 Ball Creek Ford, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ball Creek Ford 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 Ball Creek Ford:
- 34.526200, -84.571597
- 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 Ball Creek Ford
- 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 Pickens County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pickens County
- Since Ball Creek Ford is near Gilmer County and also Gordon County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Gilmer County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Gordon 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 Ball Creek Ford
Curious and Interesting Names Near Ball Creek Ford ...
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.
- Blaine
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Blaine is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blaine
- Bobo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bobo is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bobo
- Clipper
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Clipper is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clipper
- Jerusalem
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Jerusalem is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerusalem
- Roundtop
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Roundtop is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roundtop
- Scarecorn
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Scarecorn is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scarecorn
- Sweden
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Sweden is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweden
- Talking Rock
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Town Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Town Creek is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Town Creek
How Far From Ball Creek Ford 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 Ball Creek Ford to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Ball Creek Ford and extending to:
- Jasper, which is the Seat of Pickens County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Ball Creek Ford to Jasper, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 54 miles [86.9 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 514 miles [827.2 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 30 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,411 miles [10,317.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,117 miles [11,453.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,994 miles [8,037.1 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Ball Creek Ford) 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 Ball Creek Ford 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 Ball Creek Ford. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.5262, Longitude: -84.5716 In this case, the coordinates for Ball Creek Ford have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.393 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.947 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.17 degrees. |
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