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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 Castile Cove, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Castile Cove 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 Castile Cove:
- 33.595944, -84.455205
- 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 Castile Cove
- 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 Clayton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clayton County
- Since Castile Cove is near Fulton County and also Fayette County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fulton County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fayette 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 Castile Cove
Curious and Interesting Names Near Castile Cove ...
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.
- Beaver Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Beaver Creek is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Creek
- Brandy Chase
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Brandy Chase is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandy Chase
- Castlegate
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Castlegate is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castlegate
- Cheeko Manor
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Cheeko Manor is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheeko Manor
- Cooks Crossing
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Cooks Crossing is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooks Crossing
- Evans Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Evans Park is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans Park
- Frog Hollow
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Frog Hollow is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frog Hollow
- Golden Meadows
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Golden Meadows is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Meadows
- Green Acres
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Green Acres is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
- Hillandale
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Hillandale is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillandale
- Hollydale
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Hollydale is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollydale
- Jamestown Court
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Jamestown Court is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown Court
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Kings Forest
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Kings Forest is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Forest
- Estimated population in 2019: 17,949 people
- Lakeview Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Lakeview Heights is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Heights
- Limetree
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Limetree is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limetree
- Malibu
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Malibu is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malibu
- Normandy
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Normandy is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Normandy
- Estimated population in 2019: 962 people
- Pleasant Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Ponderosa
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Ponderosa is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponderosa
- Steeplechase
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Steeplechase is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steeplechase
- Twin Creeks
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Twin Creeks is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Creeks
How Far From Castile Cove 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 Castile Cove to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Castile Cove and extending to:
- Jonesboro, which is the Seat of Clayton County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could walk a straight line from Castile Cove to Atlanta, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 551 miles [886.7 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 6,449 miles [10,378.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,151 miles [11,508.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,029 miles [8,093.4 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Castile Cove) 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 Castile Cove 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 Castile Cove. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.5959, Longitude: -84.4552 In this case, the coordinates for Castile Cove have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.286 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.694 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.35 degrees. |
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