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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 Cardinal Woods, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cardinal Woods and the surrounding area.
- 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 Cardinal Woods:
- 34.110932, -84.529653
- 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 Cardinal Woods
- 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 Cherokee County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cherokee County
- Since Cardinal Woods is near Cobb County and also Fulton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cobb County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fulton 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 Cardinal Woods
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cardinal Woods ...
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.
- Cherokee Forest
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Cherokee Forest is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Forest
- Chestnut Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Chestnut Hill is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Hill
- Creek View
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Creek View is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creek View
- Cross Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cross Creek is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Creek
- Deerchase
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Deerchase is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerchase
- Falcon Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Falcon Hills is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falcon Hills
- Heritage Place
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Heritage Place is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Place
- Independence Walk
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Independence Walk is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence Walk
- Joshua Landing
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Joshua Landing is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joshua Landing
- Kings Crossing
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Kings Crossing is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Crossing
- Land of Lakes
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Land of Lakes is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Land of Lakes
- Little River Crossing
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Mountain Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mountain Ridge is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Ridge
- Noonday
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Noonday is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noonday
- Estimated population in 2019: 16,592 people
- Rocky Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Rocky Springs is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Springs
- Skyridge
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Skyridge is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyridge
- Estimated population in 2019: 273 people
- Sunny Brook
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Sunny Brook is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Brook
- Trickum Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Trickum Hills is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trickum Hills
- Willow Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Willow Creek is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Creek
- Woodwind Station
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Woodwind Station is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodwind Station
How Far From Cardinal Woods 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 community such as Cardinal Woods to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Cardinal Woods and extending to:
- Canton, which is the Seat of Cherokee County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Cardinal Woods to Canton, with an average speed<2> 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 25 miles [40.2 km] to the south southeast (SSE). The buggy would take most of a day and walking would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 530 miles [853 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 21 days and walking would take 31 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,428 miles [10,344.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,133 miles [11,479.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,010 miles [8,062.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Cardinal Woods) 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 Cardinal Woods 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 Cardinal Woods. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.1109, Longitude: -84.5297 In this case, the coordinates for Cardinal Woods have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.352 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.842 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.255 degrees. |
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