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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 Dunn Hill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Dunn Hill 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 Dunn Hill:
    • 33.811773, -84.593266
    • 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 Dunn Hill
  • 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 Dunn Hill is near Douglas County and also Fulton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Douglas County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Fulton 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 Dunn Hill

Curious and Interesting Names Near Dunn Hill ...

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.

  • Boulder Vista
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Boulder Vista is located in Cobb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boulder Vista
  • Cherokee Hills
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Cherokee Hills is located in Cobb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Hills
  • Creelwood
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Creelwood is located in Cobb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creelwood
  • Flagstone
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Flagstone is located in Cobb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flagstone
  • Floyd
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Floyd is located in Cobb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floyd
  • Furniture City
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Furniture City is located in Cobb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furniture City
  • Gordon Heights
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Gordon Heights is located in Cobb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon Heights
  • Gordon Woods
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Gordon Woods is located in Cobb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon Woods
    • Estimated population in 2019: 1,857 people
  • Howard
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Howard is located in Cobb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard
  • Ivy Point
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Ivy Point is located in Cobb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivy Point
  • Kennedy
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Kennedy is located in Cobb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennedy
  • Pine Creek
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Pine Creek is located in Cobb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Creek
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Saddleback Ridge
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Saddleback Ridge is located in Cobb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saddleback Ridge
    • Songwood
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Songwood is located in Cobb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Songwood
    • Summit Ridge
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Summit Ridge is located in Cobb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Ridge
    • Whisperwoods
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Whisperwoods is located in Cobb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whisperwoods

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

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

  • Marietta, which is the Seat of Cobb County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Dunn Hill to Marietta, 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 12 miles [19.3 km] to the east southeast (ESE). The buggy would take nearly four hours and walking would take five to six hours.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 547 miles [880.3 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 31 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,445 miles [10,372.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,148 miles [11,503.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,026 miles [8,088.6 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Dunn Hill) 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 Dunn Hill 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 Dunn Hill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.8118, Longitude: -84.5933       In this case, the coordinates for Dunn Hill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.377 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.829 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.352 degrees.