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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 Coosawattee, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Coosawattee 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 Coosawattee:
- 34.600919, -84.781327
- 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 Coosawattee
- 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 Gordon County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Gordon County
- Since Coosawattee is near Murray County and also Pickens County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Murray County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pickens 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 Coosawattee
Curious and Interesting Names Near Coosawattee ...
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.
- Angelville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Angelville is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angelville
- Audubon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Audubon is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Audubon
- Ball Ground
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Ball Ground is located in Murray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ball Ground
- Bloodtown
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Bloodtown is located in Murray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloodtown
- Buff ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Buff is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buff
- Estimated population in 2019: 15,522 people
- Cash
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Cash is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cash
- Crane Eater
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Crane Eater is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crane Eater
- Fields Ferry
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Fields Ferry is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fields Ferry
- Hunts Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hunts Corner is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunts Corner
- Lands Ferry
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lands Ferry is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lands Ferry
- Lewis Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Lewis Corner is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis Corner
- Ranger
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Redbud
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Redbud is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redbud
- Soapstick
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Soapstick is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soapstick
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,544 people
How Far From Coosawattee 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 Coosawattee to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<2> community of Coosawattee once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Coosawattee and extending to:
- Calhoun, which is the Seat of Gordon County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Coosawattee to Calhoun, 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 62 miles [99.8 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 520 miles [836.9 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 21 days and walking would take 30 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,416 miles [10,325.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,123 miles [11,463.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,000 miles [8,046.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Coosawattee, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Coosawattee) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Coosawattee 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 Coosawattee. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.6009, Longitude: -84.7813 In this case, the coordinates for Coosawattee have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.52 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.105 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.236 degrees. |
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