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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 Coldstream, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Coldstream 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 Coldstream:
    • 33.917325, -84.403817
    • 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 Coldstream
  • 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 Fulton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Fulton County
    • Since Coldstream is near Cobb County and also DeKalb County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cobb County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for DeKalb 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 Coldstream

Communities Also Named Coldstream ...

We found nine communities that are also named Coldstream.

Within Georgia, the name Coldstream is unique.

Beyond Georgia, we know of nine communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these nine communities, five are located in the United States and four are in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • British Columbia
      • This Coldstream lies 2,080 miles [3,347.4 km]<1> to the northwest of the Coldstream that is located in Fulton County.
    • Kentucky
      • Jefferson County
      • This Coldstream is located in Jefferson County and lies 309 miles [497.3 km]<1> to the north of the Coldstream that is located in Fulton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Coldstream.
    • Maryland
      • Frederick County
      • This Coldstream is located in Frederick County and lies 545 miles [877.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the Coldstream that is located in Fulton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Frederick County community of Coldstream.
      • Harford County
      • This Coldstream is located in Harford County and lies 591 miles [951.1 km] to the northeast of the Coldstream that is located in Fulton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harford County community of Coldstream.
    • New Brunswick
      • This Coldstream lies 1,234 miles [1,985.9 km]<1> to the northeast of the Coldstream that is located in Fulton County.
    • Nova Scotia
      • This Coldstream lies 1,355 miles [2,180.7 km]<1> to the northeast of the Coldstream that is located in Fulton County.
    • Ohio
      • Hamilton 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 Ohio community of Coldstream [Hamilton County].
    • Ontario
      • This Coldstream lies 647 miles [1,041.2 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Coldstream that is located in Fulton County.
    • South Carolina
      • Lexington County
      • This Coldstream is located in Lexington County and lies 183 miles [294.5 km]<1> to the east of the Coldstream that is located in Fulton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lexington County community of Coldstream.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Coldstream ...

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.

  • Chimney Trace
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Chimney Trace is located in Cobb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chimney Trace
  • Crossgate
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Crossgate is located in Cobb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossgate
  • Derby Hill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Derby Hill is located in Fulton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derby Hill
  • Forest Valley
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Forest Valley is located in Fulton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Valley
  • Greyfield
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Greyfield is located in Cobb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greyfield
  • Heard Ferry
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Heard Ferry is located in Cobb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heard Ferry
  • Hidden Branches
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Hidden Branches is located in DeKalb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Branches
  • Indian Hills
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Indian Hills is located in Cobb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Hills
  • Misty Ridge
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Misty Ridge is located in Fulton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Misty Ridge
  • Post Harbor
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Post Harbor is located in Cobb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Harbor
  • Post River
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Post River is located in Cobb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post River
  • Power Ferry
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Power Ferry is located in Cobb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Power Ferry
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Powers Lane
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Powers Lane is located in Fulton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powers Lane
    • Sandy Springs
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Shadowwood
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Shadowwood is located in Cobb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadowwood
    • Starlight Hills
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Starlight Hills is located in Fulton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starlight Hills
    • Trailridge
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Trailridge is located in DeKalb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trailridge
    • Treetop
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Treetop is located in Cobb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Treetop

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

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

  • Atlanta, which is the Seat of Fulton County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Coldstream to Atlanta, with an average speed<4> 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.
  • Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 11 miles [17.7 km] to the south (S). The buggy would take nearly four hours and walking would take five to six hours.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 534 miles [859.4 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,432 miles [10,351.3 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 5,013 miles [8,067.6 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Coldstream) 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Coldstream 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 Coldstream 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 Coldstream. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.9173, Longitude: -84.4038       In this case, the coordinates for Coldstream have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.27 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.72 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.252 degrees.