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 Country Acres:
33.956213, -84.788827
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 Country Acres
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 Paulding County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found eleven communities that are also named Country Acres.
Within Georgia, the name Country Acres is unique.
Beyond Georgia, we know of eleven communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Limestone County
This Country Acres is located in Limestone County and lies 126 miles [202.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Country Acres that is located in Paulding County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Limestone County community of Country Acres.
Colorado
Douglas County
This Country Acres is located in Douglas County and lies 1,161 miles [1,868.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Country Acres that is located in Paulding County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Douglas County community of Country Acres.
Maryland
Cecil County
This Country Acres is located in Cecil County and lies 620 miles [997.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the Country Acres that is located in Paulding County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cecil County community of Country Acres.
Queen Anne's County
This Country Acres is located in Queen Anne's County and lies 587 miles [944.7 km] to the northeast of the Country Acres that is located in Paulding County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Queen Anne's County community of Country Acres.
Minnesota
McLeod County
This Country Acres is located in McLeod County and lies 905 miles [1,456.5 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Country Acres that is located in Paulding County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the McLeod County community of Country Acres.
New York
Washington County
This Country Acres is located in Washington County and lies 883 miles [1,421.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the Country Acres that is located in Paulding County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Country Acres.
North Carolina
Henderson County
This Country Acres is located in Henderson County and lies 163 miles [262.3 km]<1> to the northeast of the Country Acres that is located in Paulding County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henderson County community of Country Acres.
Ohio
Butler County
This Country Acres is located in Butler County and lies 371 miles [597.1 km]<1> to the north of the Country Acres that is located in Paulding County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Butler County community of Country Acres.
South Carolina
Anderson County
This Country Acres is located in Anderson County and lies 131 miles [210.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Country Acres that is located in Paulding County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anderson County community of Country Acres.
South Dakota
Minnehaha County
This Country Acres is located in Minnehaha County and lies 925 miles [1,488.6 km]<1> to the northwest of the Country Acres that is located in Paulding County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Minnehaha County community of Country Acres.
Texas
San Patricio County
This Country Acres is located in San Patricio County and lies 842 miles [1,355.1 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Country Acres that is located in Paulding County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Patricio County community of Country Acres.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Country Acres ...
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.
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Country Acres to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Country Acres and extending to:
Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 26 miles [41.8 km]<1> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could walk a straight line from Country Acres to Atlanta, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 549 miles [883.5 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 22 days and walking would take 32 days.
The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,446 miles [10,373.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,151 miles [11,508.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,028 miles [8,091.8 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 from Point A (ie- Country Acres) 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 Country Acres 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 Country Acres. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.9562, Longitude: -84.7888 In this case, the coordinates for Country Acres have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.499 degrees.
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.989 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.395 degrees.