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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 Bartley Road Estates, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bartley Road Estates 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 Bartley Road Estates:
    • 32.980682, -85.001326
    • 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 Bartley Road Estates
  • 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 Troup County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Troup County
    • Since Bartley Road Estates is near Meriwether County and also Harris County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Meriwether County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Harris 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 Bartley Road Estates

Curious and Interesting Names Near Bartley Road Estates ...

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 Springs
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Big Springs is located in Troup County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Springs
  • Cannonville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Cannonville is located in Troup County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannonville
  • Federal Hills
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Federal Hills is located in Troup County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Federal Hills
  • Gray Hill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Gray Hill is located in Troup County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gray Hill
  • Hogg Mountain
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Hogg Mountain is located in Troup County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hogg Mountain
  • Knott
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Knott is located in Troup County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knott
  • Lees Crossing
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Lees Crossing is located in Troup County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lees Crossing
  • Maplecreek Hills
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Maplecreek Hills is located in Troup County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplecreek Hills
  • Old Chimney
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Old Chimney is located in Troup County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Chimney
  • Piney Hills
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Piney Hills is located in Troup County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Hills
  • Pioneer Village
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Pioneer Village is located in Troup County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Village
  • Pleasant Grove
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Pleasant Grove is located in Troup County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Riverview
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Riverview is located in Troup County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
    • Smoke Rise
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Smoke Rise is located in Troup County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smoke Rise
    • Spring Valley
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Spring Valley is located in Troup County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
    • Wood Valley
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Wood Valley is located in Troup County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood Valley

How Far From Bartley Road Estates 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 Bartley Road Estates to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Bartley Road Estates and extending to:

  • LaGrange, which is the Seat of Troup County, lies just to the North Northwest.
  • Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 64 miles [103 km]<1> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could walk a straight line from Bartley Road Estates to Atlanta, with an average speed<2> 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 about three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 603 miles [970.4 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 24 days and walking would take 35 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,501 miles [10,462.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,202 miles [11,590.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,081 miles [8,177.1 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- Bartley Road Estates) 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 Bartley Road Estates 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 Bartley Road Estates. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.9807, Longitude: -85.0013       In this case, the coordinates for Bartley Road Estates have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.576 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.942 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.705 degrees.