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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 Carrolls, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Carrolls 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 Carrolls:
- 33.012350, -84.566036
- 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 Carrolls
- 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 Meriwether County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Meriwether County
- Since Carrolls is near Pike County and also Upson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pike County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Upson 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 Carrolls
Communities Also Named Carrolls ...
We found three communities that are also named Carrolls.
Within Georgia, the name Carrolls is unique.
Beyond Georgia, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Michigan
- Kalamazoo County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Carrolls [Kalamazoo County].
- Texas
- Tyler County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Carrolls [Tyler County].
- Washington
- Cowlitz County
- This Carrolls is located in Cowlitz County and lies 2,202 miles [3,543.8 km]<2> to the northwest of the Carrolls that is located in Meriwether County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cowlitz County community of Carrolls.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Carrolls ...
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.
- Alps
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Alps is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alps
- Bottoms
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bottoms is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bottoms
- Bulloch Crossroads
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Bulloch Crossroads is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bulloch Crossroads
- Bullochville ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bullochville is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullochville
- Crest
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Crest is located in Upson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crest
- Ellerbeetown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Ellerbeetown is located in Upson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellerbeetown
- Gay
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Greenville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Harris City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Harris City is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris City
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Hilltop
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hilltop is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- Jacks Ferry
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Jacks Ferry is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacks Ferry
- Jones Settlement
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Jones Settlement is located in Upson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Settlement
- Neal
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Neal is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neal
- Warm Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Woodcraft
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Woodcraft is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodcraft
How Far From Carrolls 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 Carrolls to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Carrolls and extending to:
- Greenville, which is the Seat of Meriwether County, lies just to the West.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 52 miles [83.7 km]<2> to the north (N). If you could walk a straight line from Carrolls 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 over two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 584 miles [939.9 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 23 days and walking would take 34 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,481 miles [10,430.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,181 miles [11,556.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,060 miles [8,143.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Carrolls 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. |
| <2> | 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 from Point A (ie- Carrolls) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Carrolls 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 Carrolls. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.0123, Longitude: -84.5660 In this case, the coordinates for Carrolls have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.324 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.655 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.53 degrees. |
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