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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:
    • 33.207919, -83.192932
    • 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 Hancock County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hancock County
    • Since Buckhead is near Putnam County and also Baldwin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Putnam County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Baldwin 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 154 miles [247.8 km]<1> to the southeast of the Buckhead that is located in Hancock County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chatham County community of Buckhead.
    • Fulton County
      • This Buckhead is located in Fulton County and lies 81 miles [130.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Buckhead that is located in Hancock County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fulton County community of Buckhead.
    • Morgan County
      • This Buckhead is located in Morgan County and lies 26 miles [41.8 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Buckhead that is located in Hancock 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 255 miles [410.4 km]<1> to the west of the Buckhead that is located in Hancock 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 285 miles [458.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Buckhead that is located in Hancock 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.<2> 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.<2> 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.

  • Dennis
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Dennis is located in Putnam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennis
  • Flat Rock
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Flat Rock is located in Putnam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
  • Harpertown ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Harpertown is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harpertown
  • Littles Ferry
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Littles Ferry is located in Putnam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littles Ferry
  • Martins Ferry
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Martins Ferry is located in Putnam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martins Ferry
  • Rockville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Rockville is located in Putnam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
  • Sandtown
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Sandtown is located in Baldwin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandtown
  • Sandy Run
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Sandy Run is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Run

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<3> community of Buckhead once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Buckhead and extending to:

  • Sparta, which is the Seat of Hancock County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Buckhead to Sparta, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 78 miles [125.5 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 521 miles [838.5 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 21 days and walking would take 30 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,413 miles [10,320.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,109 miles [11,440.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,990 miles [8,030.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Buckhead) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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.
<3>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.
<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: 33.2079, Longitude: -83.1929       In this case, the coordinates for Buckhead have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.537 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.776 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.958 degrees.