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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 Clairmont Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Clairmont Park 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 Clairmont Park:
- 33.781772, -84.299090
- 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 Clairmont Park
- 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 DeKalb County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for DeKalb County
- Since Clairmont Park is near Fulton County and also Henry 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 Henry 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 Clairmont Park
Curious and Interesting Names Near Clairmont Park ...
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.
- Cabbage Town
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cabbage Town is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cabbage Town
- Comfort Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Comfort Hill is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comfort Hill
- Constitution
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Constitution is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Constitution
- Copen Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Copen Hill is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copen Hill
- Edwardsville ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Edwardsville is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwardsville
- Five Points
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Five Points is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Glen Haven
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Glen Haven is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Haven
- Hunters Glen
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Hunters Glen is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Glen
- Kings Ridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Kings Ridge is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Ridge
- Leisure Woods
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Leisure Woods is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisure Woods
- Mechanicsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mechanicsville is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsville
- Oak Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Oak Grove is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Panthersville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Panthersville is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panthersville
- Peachtree Park ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Peachtree Park is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peachtree Park
- Peoplestown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Peoplestown is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoplestown
- Roseland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Roseland is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseland
- Slabtown ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Slabtown is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slabtown
- Snake Nation ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Snake Nation is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snake Nation
- Summerhill
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Summerhill is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerhill
- Tucker
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Vine City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Vine City is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vine City
- Virginia Highlands
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Virginia Highlands is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virginia Highlands
How Far From Clairmont Park 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 Clairmont Park to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Clairmont Park and extending to:
- Decatur, which is the Seat of DeKalb County, lies just to the South Southeast.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies just to the west southwest (WSW).
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 536 miles [862.6 km]<2> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Clairmont Park to White House, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 31 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 21 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,434 miles [10,354.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,136 miles [11,484.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,014 miles [8,069.3 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Clairmont Park) 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 Clairmont Park 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 Clairmont Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.7818, Longitude: -84.2991 In this case, the coordinates for Clairmont Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.203 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.623 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.244 degrees. |
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