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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 Brittany Forest, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Brittany Forest 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 Brittany Forest:
    • 33.610388, -84.460483
    • 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 Brittany Forest
  • 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 Brittany Forest is near Clayton County and also Fayette County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Clayton County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Fayette 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 Brittany Forest

Curious and Interesting Names Near Brittany Forest ...

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.

  • Beaver Creek
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Beaver Creek is located in Fulton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Creek
  • Bench Mark
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Bench Mark is located in Fulton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bench Mark
  • Brandy Chase
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Brandy Chase is located in Fulton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandy Chase
  • Castlegate
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Castlegate is located in Clayton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castlegate
  • Cheeko Manor
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Cheeko Manor is located in Clayton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheeko Manor
  • Cooks Crossing
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Cooks Crossing is located in Fulton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooks Crossing
  • Frog Hollow
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Frog Hollow is located in Clayton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frog Hollow
  • Golden Meadows
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Golden Meadows is located in Clayton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Meadows
  • Green Acres
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Green Acres is located in Clayton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
  • Hillandale
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Hillandale is located in Fulton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillandale
  • Hollydale
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Hollydale is located in Clayton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollydale
  • Jamestown Court
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Jamestown Court is located in Fulton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown Court
  • Continue List   (12 more) ...
    • Kings Forest
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Kings Forest is located in Clayton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Forest
      • Estimated population in 2019: 17,949 people
    • Lakeview Heights
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Lakeview Heights is located in Clayton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Heights
    • Limetree
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Limetree is located in Fulton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limetree
    • Malibu
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Malibu is located in Fulton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malibu
    • Normandy
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Normandy is located in Clayton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Normandy
      • Estimated population in 2019: 962 people
    • Pleasant Hill
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Pleasant Hill is located in Fulton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
    • Ponderosa
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Ponderosa is located in Fulton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponderosa
    • Red Oak
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Red Wing Cove
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Red Wing Cove is located in Fulton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Wing Cove
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 2,604 people
    • Steeplechase
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Steeplechase is located in Clayton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steeplechase
    • Sun Valley
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Sun Valley is located in Fulton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Valley
    • Twin Creeks
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Twin Creeks is located in Clayton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Creeks

How Far From Brittany Forest to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Brittany Forest to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Brittany Forest and extending to:

  • Atlanta, which is the Seat of Fulton County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Brittany Forest to Atlanta, 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 10 miles [16.1 km] to the north northeast (NNE). The buggy would take a little over three hours and walking would take four to five hours.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 551 miles [886.7 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,448 miles [10,377.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,151 miles [11,508.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,029 miles [8,093.4 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Brittany Forest) 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 Brittany Forest 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 Brittany Forest. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.6104, Longitude: -84.4605       In this case, the coordinates for Brittany Forest have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.29 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.70 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.348 degrees.