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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 Chattahoochee Place, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Chattahoochee Place 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 Chattahoochee Place:
- 34.362044, -83.865181
- 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 Chattahoochee Place
- 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 Hall County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hall County
- Since Chattahoochee Place is near Lumpkin County and also Forsyth County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lumpkin County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Forsyth 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 Chattahoochee Place
Curious and Interesting Names Near Chattahoochee Place ...
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 Oak
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Big Oak is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Oak
- Blueberry Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Blueberry Hills is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blueberry Hills
- Cherokee Meadows
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Cherokee Meadows is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Meadows
- Crown Point
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Crown Point is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown Point
- Destitute Acres
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Destitute Acres is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Destitute Acres
- Greystone
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Greystone is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greystone
- Griffin Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Griffin Heights is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffin Heights
- Happy Valley
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Happy Valley is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Valley
- Heather Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Heather Heights is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heather Heights
- Holiday Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Holiday Hills is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Hills
- Indian Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Indian Hills is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Hills
- Lake Ranch
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Ranch is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Ranch
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Lake Watch
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Lake Watch is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Watch
- Looper Lake
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Looper Lake is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Looper Lake
- Price
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Price is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price
- River Point
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- River Point is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Point
- Riverbend
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Riverbend is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverbend
- Scoutland
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Scoutland is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scoutland
- Shady Lane
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Shady Lane is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Lane
- Shamrock Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Shamrock Heights is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shamrock Heights
- Squirrel Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Squirrel Creek is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squirrel Creek
- Sunset Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Sunset Heights is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Heights
- Wahoo Forest
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Wahoo Forest is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wahoo Forest
- Wahoo Valley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Wahoo Valley is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wahoo Valley
- Wolfs Head
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Wolfs Head is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolfs Head
How Far From Chattahoochee Place 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 Chattahoochee Place to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Chattahoochee Place and extending to:
- Gainesville, which is the Seat of Hall County, lies just to the South Southeast.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 51 miles [82.1 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could walk a straight line from Chattahoochee Place to Atlanta, with an average speed<2> 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 most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 490 miles [788.6 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 28 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,388 miles [10,280.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,092 miles [11,413.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,970 miles [7,998.4 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- Chattahoochee Place) 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 Chattahoochee Place 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 Chattahoochee Place. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.3620, Longitude: -83.8652 In this case, the coordinates for Chattahoochee Place have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.969 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.436 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.93 degrees. |
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