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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 The Courtyards, we use the following websites to find information relevant to The Courtyards 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 The Courtyards:
- 33.916214, -84.463819
- 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 The Courtyards
- 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 The Courtyards is near Fulton County and also DeKalb 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 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 The Courtyards
Communities Also Named The Courtyards ...
We found one communities that are also named The Courtyards.
Within Georgia, the name The Courtyards is unique.
Beyond Georgia, there is another community also named The Courtyards in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Maryland
- Anne Arundel County
- This The Courtyards is located in Anne Arundel County and lies 561 miles [902.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the The Courtyards that is located in Cobb County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anne Arundel County community of The Courtyards.
Curious and Interesting Names Near The Courtyards ...
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
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Chimney Trace is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chimney Trace
- Crossgate
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Crossgate is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossgate
- Farmstead
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Farmstead is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmstead
- Greyfield
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Greyfield is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greyfield
- Heard Ferry
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Heard Ferry is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heard Ferry
- Heritage
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Heritage is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage
- Post Harbor
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Post Harbor is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Harbor
- Post River
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Post River is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post River
- Postwoods
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Postwoods is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Postwoods
- Power Ferry
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Power Ferry is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Power Ferry
- Riverwood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Riverwood is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverwood
- Rose Garden Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Rose Garden Hills is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Garden Hills
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Shadowwood
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Shadowwood is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadowwood
- Stonewall
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Stonewall is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonewall
- Sun Valley
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Sun Valley is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Valley
- Treetop
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Treetop is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Treetop
How Far From The Courtyards 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 The Courtyards to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in The Courtyards and extending to:
- Marietta, which is the Seat of Cobb County, lies just to the West Northwest.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could walk a straight line from The Courtyards to Atlanta, with an average speed<2> 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.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 536 miles [862.6 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 6,434 miles [10,354.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,138 miles [11,487.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,016 miles [8,072.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 from Point A (ie- The Courtyards) 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 The Courtyards 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 The Courtyards. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.9162, Longitude: -84.4638 In this case, the coordinates for The Courtyards have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.305 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.76 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.276 degrees. |
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