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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 Cartecay, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cartecay 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 Cartecay:
- 34.626477, -84.383534
- 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 Cartecay
- 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 Gilmer County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Gilmer County
- Since Cartecay is near Pickens County and also Dawson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pickens County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dawson 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 Cartecay
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cartecay ...
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.
- Big Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Big Creek is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Creek
- Cherry Log
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Diamond
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Diamond is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond
- Grandview
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Grandview is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
- Johntown ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Johntown is located in Dawson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johntown
- Jones Mill ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Jones Mill is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Mill
- Licklog ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Licklog is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Licklog
- Marion
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Marion is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
- Pike ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Pike is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pike
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Quill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Quill is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quill
- Roundtop
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Roundtop is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roundtop
- Stanley Mill ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Stanley Mill is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanley Mill
- Talking Rock
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Town Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Town Creek is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Town Creek
- Turniptown ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Turniptown is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turniptown
How Far From Cartecay to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Cartecay to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Cartecay and extending to:
- Ellijay, which is the Seat of Gilmer County, lies just to the Northwest.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 60 miles [96.6 km]<2> to the south (S). If you could walk a straight line from Cartecay to Atlanta, with an average speed<3> 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 501 miles [806.3 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 29 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,398 miles [10,296.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,104 miles [11,432.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,981 miles [8,016.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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- Cartecay) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Cartecay 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 Cartecay. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.6265, Longitude: -84.3835 In this case, the coordinates for Cartecay have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.284 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.837 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.07 degrees. |
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