Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Craytonia, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Craytonia and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Craytonia

• 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 Craytonia:
  • 34.835986, -84.159081
  • 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 Craytonia

• 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 Fannin County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Fannin County
  • Since Craytonia is near Union County and also Gilmer County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Union County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Gilmer 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 Craytonia

Curious and Interesting Names Near Craytonia ...

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.

• Forge Mill
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Forge Mill is located in Fannin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forge Mill
• Hemp
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Hemp is located in Fannin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemp
  • Population from the 2010 Census: 1,647 people
• Jones Creek
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Jones Creek is located in Union County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Creek
• Loving
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Loving is located in Fannin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loving
• Maple Grove
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Maple Grove is located in Fannin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove
• Mashburn Mill
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Mashburn Mill is located in Fannin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mashburn Mill
• Rogers ‑ Historic
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Rogers is located in Union County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers
• Sparks Mill
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Sparks Mill is located in Fannin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparks Mill
• Sugar Hill
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Sugar Hill is located in Fannin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Hill
• Swan
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Swan is located in Fannin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan
• Youngcane ‑ Historic
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Youngcane is located in Union County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngcane
  • Estimated population in 2019: 1,661 people

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Craytonia and extending to:

• Blue Ridge, which is the Seat of Fannin County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Craytonia to Blue Ridge, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
• Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 75 miles [120.7 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 482 miles [775.7 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 19 days and walking would take 28 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,379 miles [10,266 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,085 miles [11,402.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,962 miles [7,985.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'