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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 Buckhead, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Buckhead 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 Buckhead:
    • 33.839445, -84.379862
    • 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 Buckhead
  • 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 Buckhead is near DeKalb County and also Cobb County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for DeKalb County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cobb 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 Buckhead

Communities Also Named Buckhead ...

We found seven communities that are also named Buckhead.

There are three communities within Georgia that are also named Buckhead.

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

  • Communities Located In Georgia ...
    • Chatham County
      • This Buckhead is located in Chatham County and lies 235 miles [378.2 km]<1> to the southeast of the Buckhead that is located in Fulton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chatham County community of Buckhead.
    • Hancock County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Buckhead [Hancock County].
    • Morgan County
      • This Buckhead is located in Morgan County and lies 61 miles [98.2 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Buckhead that is located in Fulton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morgan County community of Buckhead.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Tuscaloosa County
      • This Buckhead is located in Tuscaloosa County and lies 191 miles [307.4 km]<1> to the west of the Buckhead that is located in Fulton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tuscaloosa County community of Buckhead.
    • North Carolina
      • Bladen County
      • This Buckhead is located in Bladen County and lies 342 miles [550.4 km]<1> to the east of the Buckhead that is located in Fulton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bladen County community of Buckhead.
    • Oklahoma
      • Cleveland County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Buckhead [Cleveland County].
    • South Carolina
      • Fairfield County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Buckhead [Fairfield County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Buckhead ...

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
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Bolton is located in Fulton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolton
  • De Foor Ferry
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • De Foor Ferry is located in Cobb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Foor Ferry
  • Derby Hill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Derby Hill is located in Fulton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derby Hill
  • Edwardsville ‑ Historic
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Edwardsville is located in Fulton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwardsville
  • Ellen
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Ellen is located in Fulton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellen
  • Forest Valley
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Forest Valley is located in Fulton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Valley
  • Hills Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Hills Park is located in Fulton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hills Park
  • Magnolia
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Magnolia is located in Fulton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
  • Misty Ridge
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Misty Ridge is located in Fulton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Misty Ridge
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Peachtree Park ‑ Historic
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Peachtree Park is located in Fulton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peachtree Park
    • Postwoods
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Postwoods is located in Cobb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Postwoods
    • Powers Lane
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Powers Lane is located in Fulton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powers Lane
    • Rockdale
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Rockdale is located in Fulton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale
    • Starlight Hills
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Starlight Hills is located in Fulton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starlight Hills
    • Virginia Highlands
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Virginia Highlands is located in Fulton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virginia Highlands

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

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

  • Atlanta, which is the Seat of Fulton County, lies just to the South.
  • Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies just to the south (S).
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 536 miles [862.6 km]<1> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Buckhead to White House, with an average speed<4>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 21 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,434 miles [10,354.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,137 miles [11,485.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,015 miles [8,070.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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- Buckhead) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Buckhead, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Buckhead could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<4>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.
<5>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 Buckhead 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 Buckhead. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.8394, Longitude: -84.3799    
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.252 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.689 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.262 degrees.