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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 Cobb Place Manor, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cobb Place Manor 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 Cobb Place Manor:
- 34.018156, -84.536877
- 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 Cobb Place Manor
- 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 Cobb County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cobb County
- Since Cobb Place Manor is near Cherokee County and also Fulton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cherokee County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fulton 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 Cobb Place Manor
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cobb Place Manor ...
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 Shanty Hills
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Big Shanty Hills is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Shanty Hills
- Cherokee Forest
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Cherokee Forest is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Forest
- Chestnut Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Chestnut Hill is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Hill
- Creek View
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Creek View is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creek View
- Cross Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Cross Creek is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Creek
- Elizabeth
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Elizabeth is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabeth
- Falcon Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Falcon Hills is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falcon Hills
- Heritage Farms
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Heritage Farms is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Farms
- Hickory Forest
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hickory Forest is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Forest
- Holly Oaks
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Holly Oaks is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Oaks
- Estimated population in 2019: 15,442 people
- Independence Walk
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Independence Walk is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence Walk
- Joshua Landing
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Joshua Landing is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joshua Landing
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Kings Crossing
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Kings Crossing is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Crossing
- Land of Lakes
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Land of Lakes is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Land of Lakes
- Mountain Ridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Mountain Ridge is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Ridge
- Noonday
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Noonday is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noonday
- Estimated population in 2019: 16,592 people
- Sandy Plains
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Sandy Plains is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Plains
- Shadowbrook
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Shadowbrook is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadowbrook
- Skyridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Skyridge is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyridge
- Estimated population in 2019: 273 people
- Trickum Hills
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Trickum Hills is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trickum Hills
- Willow Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Willow Creek is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Creek
- Woodwind Station
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Woodwind Station is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodwind Station
How Far From Cobb Place Manor to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Cobb Place Manor to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Cobb Place Manor and extending to:
- Marietta, which is the Seat of Cobb County, lies just to the South.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<1> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could walk a straight line from Cobb Place Manor to Atlanta, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 535 miles [861 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 21 days and walking would take 31 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,433 miles [10,352.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,137 miles [11,485.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,015 miles [8,070.9 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Cobb Place Manor) 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 Cobb Place Manor 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 Cobb Place Manor. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.0182, Longitude: -84.5369 In this case, the coordinates for Cobb Place Manor have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.352 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.829 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.28 degrees. |
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