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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 Center Grove, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Center Grove 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 Center Grove:
    • 34.788967, -85.219398
    • 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 Center Grove
  • 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 Walker County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Walker County
    • Since Center Grove is near Catoosa County and also Whitfield County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Catoosa County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Whitfield 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 Center Grove

Communities Also Named Center Grove ...

We found eleven communities that are also named Center Grove.

Within Georgia, the name Center Grove is unique.

Beyond Georgia, we know of eleven communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Morgan County
      • This Center Grove is located in Morgan County and lies 85 miles [136.8 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Center Grove that is located in Walker County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morgan County community of Center Grove.
    • Arkansas
      • Grant County
      • This Center Grove is located in Grant County and lies 403 miles [648.6 km]<1> to the west of the Center Grove that is located in Walker County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grant County community of Center Grove.
    • Iowa
      • Dubuque County
      • This Center Grove is located in Dubuque County and lies 608 miles [978.5 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Center Grove that is located in Walker County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dubuque County community of Center Grove.
    • Kansas
      • Shawnee County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Center Grove [Shawnee County].
    • Mississippi
      • Oktibbeha County
      • This Center Grove is located in Oktibbeha County and lies 234 miles [376.6 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Center Grove that is located in Walker County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oktibbeha County community of Center Grove.
    • Missouri
      • Atchison County
      • Although located in Atchison County, we don't know the location within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Atchison County community of Center Grove.
    • Tennessee
      • Bedford County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Center Grove [Bedford County].
      • Franklin County
      • This Center Grove is located in Franklin County and lies 66 miles [106.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Center Grove that is located in Walker County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Center Grove.
      • Jackson County
      • This Center Grove is located in Jackson County and lies 104 miles [167.4 km] to the north northwest of the Center Grove that is located in Walker County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Center Grove.
    • Texas
      • Houston County
      • This Center Grove is located in Houston County and lies 639 miles [1,028.4 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Center Grove that is located in Walker County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Houston County community of Center Grove.
      • Titus County
      • This Center Grove is located in Titus County and lies 562 miles [904.5 km] to the west of the Center Grove that is located in Walker County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Titus County community of Center Grove.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Center Grove ...

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.

  • Burning Bush
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Burning Bush is located in Catoosa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burning Bush
  • Chestnutflat ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Chestnutflat is located in Walker County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnutflat
  • Freetown ‑ Historic
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Freetown is located in Walker County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freetown
  • Gordon Springs ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Gordon Springs is located in Whitfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon Springs
  • Hall Mill
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Hall Mill is located in Walker County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hall Mill
  • Marsh Crossing
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Marsh Crossing is located in Walker County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marsh Crossing
  • Meadowview
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Meadowview is located in Walker County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowview
  • Naomi
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Naomi is located in Walker County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naomi
  • Noble
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Noble is located in Walker County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noble
  • Pleasant Grove
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Pleasant Grove is located in Catoosa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
  • Pond Spring
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Pond Spring is located in Walker County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pond Spring
  • Post Oak
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Post Oak is located in Catoosa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Oak
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Red Belt
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Red Belt is located in Catoosa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Belt
    • Robertsville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Robertsville is located in Walker County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robertsville
    • Rock Spring
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Skyline Heights
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Skyline Heights is located in Walker County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyline Heights
    • Trickum
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Trickum is located in Whitfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trickum
    • Valley Head
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Valley Head is located in Walker County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Head

How Far From Center Grove 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 Center Grove to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Center Grove and extending to:

  • LaFayette, which is the Seat of Walker County, lies just to the South Southwest.
  • Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 85 miles [136.8 km]<1> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Center Grove to Atlanta, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 533 miles [857.8 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 21 days and walking would take 31 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,425 miles [10,340 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,135 miles [11,482.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,011 miles [8,064.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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- Center Grove) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Center Grove 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.
<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 Center Grove 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 Center Grove. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.7890, Longitude: -85.2194       In this case, the coordinates for Center Grove have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.79 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.441 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.367 degrees.