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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 Briarwood Acres, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Briarwood Acres 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 Briarwood Acres:
    • 33.485947, -84.604375
    • 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 Briarwood Acres
  • 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 Briarwood Acres is near Coweta County and also Fulton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Coweta 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 Briarwood Acres

Communities Also Named Briarwood Acres ...

We found two communities that are also named Briarwood Acres.

Within Georgia, the name Briarwood Acres is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • North Carolina
      • Union County
      • This Briarwood Acres is located in Union County and lies 252 miles [405.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Briarwood Acres that is located in Fayette County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Union County community of Briarwood Acres.
    • Utah
      • Davis County
      • This Briarwood Acres is located in Davis County and lies 1,578 miles [2,539.5 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Briarwood Acres that is located in Fayette County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davis County community of Briarwood Acres.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Briarwood Acres ...

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.

  • Bethany
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Bethany is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany
  • Graceland
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Graceland is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graceland
  • Green Springs
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Green Springs is located in Fulton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Springs
  • Kingsridge
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Kingsridge is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsridge
  • Lees Mill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Lees Mill is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lees Mill
  • Magnolia Farms
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Magnolia Farms is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia Farms
  • Major
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Major is located in Coweta County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Major
  • Sandy Creek
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Sandy Creek is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Creek
  • Spooner Ridge
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Spooner Ridge is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spooner Ridge
  • Stop
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Stop is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stop
  • Windsong
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Windsong is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsong

How Far From Briarwood Acres 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 Briarwood Acres to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Fayetteville, which is the Seat of Fayette County, lies just to the East Southeast.
  • Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 22 miles [35.4 km]<1> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could walk a straight line from Briarwood Acres to Atlanta, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 563 miles [906.1 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 6,460 miles [10,396.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,163 miles [11,527.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,041 miles [8,112.7 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Briarwood Acres) 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 Briarwood Acres 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 Briarwood Acres. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.4859, Longitude: -84.6044       In this case, the coordinates for Briarwood Acres have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.369 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.774 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.434 degrees.