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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 Beaumount, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Beaumount 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 Beaumount:
- 34.838133, -85.191897
- 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 Beaumount
- 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 Catoosa County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Catoosa County
- Since Beaumount is near Walker County and also Whitfield County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Walker County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Whitfield 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 Beaumount
Curious and Interesting Names Near Beaumount ...
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.
- Burning Bush
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Burning Bush is located in Catoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burning Bush
- Chestnutflat ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Chestnutflat is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnutflat
- Ellie Spring
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Ellie Spring is located in Catoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellie Spring
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,714 people
- Freetown ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Freetown is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freetown
- Gordon Springs ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Gordon Springs is located in Whitfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon Springs
- Love Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Love Hill is located in Catoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Love Hill
- Noble
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Noble is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noble
- Pleasant Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Catoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Poplar Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Poplar Springs is located in Catoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Springs
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Post Oak
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Post Oak is located in Catoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Oak
- Red Belt
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Red Belt is located in Catoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Belt
- Robertsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Robertsville is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robertsville
- Rock Spring
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Scenic Hills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Scenic Hills is located in Catoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scenic Hills
- Trickum
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Trickum is located in Whitfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trickum
How Far From Beaumount 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 Beaumount to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Beaumount and extending to:
- Ringgold, which is the Seat of Catoosa County, lies just to the Northeast.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 87 miles [140 km]<2> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Beaumount to Atlanta, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 530 miles [853 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 21 days and walking would take 31 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,422 miles [10,335.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,131 miles [11,476.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,008 miles [8,059.6 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 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Beaumount) 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 Beaumount 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 Beaumount. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.8381, Longitude: -85.1919 In this case, the coordinates for Beaumount have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.775 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.431 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.344 degrees. |
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