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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 Burnt Hickory Farms, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Burnt Hickory Farms 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 Burnt Hickory Farms:
    • 33.807884, -84.717713
    • 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 Burnt Hickory Farms
  • 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 Cobb County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cobb County
    • Since Burnt Hickory Farms is near Douglas County and also Paulding County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Douglas County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Paulding 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 Burnt Hickory Farms

Communities Also Named Burnt Hickory Farms ...

We found one communities that are also named Burnt Hickory Farms.

There is one other community in Georgia that is also named Burnt Hickory Farms.

Beyond Georgia.

  • Communities Located In Georgia ...
    • Paulding County
      • This Burnt Hickory Farms is located in Paulding County and lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Burnt Hickory Farms that is located in Cobb County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Paulding County community of Burnt Hickory Farms.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Burnt Hickory Farms ...

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.

  • Deer Run
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Deer Run is located in Paulding County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Run
  • English Heights
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • English Heights is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Heights
  • Forest Glen
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Forest Glen is located in Cobb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Glen
  • Forkwood
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Forkwood is located in Paulding County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forkwood
  • Greenfield Chase
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Greenfield Chase is located in Paulding County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield Chase
  • Harpers Lake
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Harpers Lake is located in Paulding County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harpers Lake
  • Hickory Forest
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Hickory Forest is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Forest
  • Hickory Glen
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Hickory Glen is located in Paulding County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Glen
  • High Point
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • High Point is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Point
  • Indian Rose
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Indian Rose is located in Paulding County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Rose
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 2,241 people
  • Kellogg
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Kellogg is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellogg
  • Lincoln Heights
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Lincoln Heights is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Heights
  • Continue List   (11 more) ...
    • Merlin Meadows
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Merlin Meadows is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merlin Meadows
    • Park Forest
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Park Forest is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Forest
    • Pine Oaks
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Pine Oaks is located in Cobb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Oaks
    • Pleasant Hills
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Pleasant Hills is located in Paulding County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hills
    • Powder Ridge
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Powder Ridge is located in Cobb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powder Ridge
    • Powder Springs Chase
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Powder Springs Chase is located in Cobb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powder Springs Chase
      • Estimated population in 2019: 15,758 people
    • Rocky Hills
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Rocky Hills is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Hills
    • Springbrook
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Springbrook is located in Cobb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springbrook
    • Steeplechase
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Steeplechase is located in Cobb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steeplechase
    • Stoneybrook
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Stoneybrook is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoneybrook
    • Young Park
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Young Park is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Young Park

How Far From Burnt Hickory Farms 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 Burnt Hickory Farms to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Marietta, which is the Seat of Cobb County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Burnt Hickory Farms to Marietta, with an average speed<2> 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 19 miles [30.6 km] to the east southeast (ESE). The buggy would take 6 hours and walking would take just over a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 552 miles [888.4 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 6,450 miles [10,380.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,154 miles [11,513.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,032 miles [8,098.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Burnt Hickory Farms) 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 Burnt Hickory Farms 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 Burnt Hickory Farms. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.8079, Longitude: -84.7177       In this case, the coordinates for Burnt Hickory Farms have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.45 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.912 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.402 degrees.