RoadsideThoughts
A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada
Home >> State of Georgia >> Morgan County >> Buckhead >> Tidbits & TriviaIndex...

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:
    • 33.568289, -83.361644
    • 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 Morgan County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Morgan County
    • Since Buckhead is near Greene County and also Putnam County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Greene County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Putnam 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 178 miles [286.5 km]<1> to the southeast of the Buckhead that is located in Morgan 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 61 miles [98.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Buckhead that is located in Morgan County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fulton 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].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Tuscaloosa County
      • This Buckhead is located in Tuscaloosa County and lies 246 miles [395.9 km]<1> to the west of the Buckhead that is located in Morgan 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 288 miles [463.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Buckhead that is located in Morgan 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.

  • Bethany
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Bethany is located in Morgan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany
  • Elder
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Elder is located in Oconee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elder
  • Harmony
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Harmony is located in Putnam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
  • Parks Ferry
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Parks Ferry is located in Morgan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parks Ferry
  • Parks Mill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Parks Mill is located in Morgan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parks Mill
  • Sandy Creek
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Sandy Creek is located in Morgan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Creek
  • Shields ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Shields is located in Morgan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shields
  • Sugar Creek
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Sugar Creek is located in Morgan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Creek
  • Swords
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Swords is located in Morgan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swords

How Far From Buckhead 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 town 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:

  • Madison, which is the Seat of Morgan County, lies just to the West Northwest.
  • Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 60 miles [96.6 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could walk a straight line from Buckhead to Atlanta, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 509 miles [819.2 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 20 days and walking would take 29 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,403 miles [10,304.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,102 miles [11,429.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,982 miles [8,017.8 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 obstructions 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>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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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: 33.5683, Longitude: -83.3616    
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.648 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.954 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.933 degrees.