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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 Bankhead Courts, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bankhead Courts 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 Bankhead Courts:
- 33.792884, -84.502153
- 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 Bankhead Courts
- 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 Fulton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fulton County
- Since Bankhead Courts is near Cobb County and also Douglas County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cobb County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Douglas 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 Bankhead Courts
Curious and Interesting Names Near Bankhead Courts ...
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.
- Bolton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bolton is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolton
- Boulder Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Boulder Park is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boulder Park
- Boulder Vista
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Boulder Vista is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boulder Vista
- Cherokee Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Cherokee Hills is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Hills
- De Foor Ferry
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- De Foor Ferry is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Foor Ferry
- Ellen
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Ellen is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellen
- Flagstone
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Flagstone is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flagstone
- Gordon Heights
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Gordon Heights is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon Heights
- Gordon Woods
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Gordon Woods is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon Woods
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,857 people
- Greens Ferry
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Greens Ferry is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greens Ferry
- Grove Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Grove Park is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Park
- Hills Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Hills Park is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hills Park
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Howard
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Howard is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard
- Lizzie ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lizzie is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lizzie
- Magnolia
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Magnolia is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
- Nelsons Ferry
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Nelsons Ferry is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelsons Ferry
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,377 people
- Nickajack ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Nickajack is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nickajack
- Rockdale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Rockdale is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale
- Saddleback Ridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Saddleback Ridge is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saddleback Ridge
- Summit Ridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Summit Ridge is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Ridge
- Whisperwoods
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Whisperwoods is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whisperwoods
How Far From Bankhead Courts 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 Bankhead Courts to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Bankhead Courts and extending to:
- Atlanta, which is the Seat of Fulton County, lies just to the East Southeast.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies just to the east southeast (ESE).
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 544 miles [875.5 km]<1> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Bankhead Courts to White House, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 31 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 22 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,442 miles [10,367.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,145 miles [11,498.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,023 miles [8,083.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Bankhead Courts) 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 Bankhead Courts 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 Bankhead Courts. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.7929, Longitude: -84.5022 In this case, the coordinates for Bankhead Courts have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.322 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.763 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.321 degrees. |
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