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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 Dunwoody, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Dunwoody 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 Dunwoody:
- 33.947988, -84.334127
- 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 Dunwoody
- 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 DeKalb County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for DeKalb County
- Since Dunwoody is near Fulton County and also Cobb 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 Cobb 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 Dunwoody
Communities Also Named Dunwoody ...
We found one communities that are also named Dunwoody.
Within Georgia, the name Dunwoody is unique.
Beyond Georgia, there is another community also named Dunwoody in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Minnesota
- Saint Louis County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Dunwoody [Saint Louis County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Dunwoody ...
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.
- Chestnut Forest
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Chestnut Forest is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Forest
- Four Oaks
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Four Oaks is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Oaks
- Happy Hollow
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Happy Hollow is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Hollow
- Hidden Branches
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Hidden Branches is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Branches
- Jett Ferry
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Jett Ferry is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jett Ferry
- Lake Villas
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Villas is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Villas
- Littlebrooke Farm
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Littlebrooke Farm is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littlebrooke Farm
- Martins Ferry
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Martins Ferry is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martins Ferry
- Meadowlake
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Meadowlake is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowlake
- Peachtree
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Peachtree is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peachtree
- Redfield
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Redfield is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redfield
- River Bluff
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- River Bluff is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Bluff
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Riversong
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Riversong is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riversong
- Sandy Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Trailridge
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Trailridge is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trailridge
- Village Mill
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Village Mill is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village Mill
How Far From Dunwoody 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 city such as Dunwoody to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Dunwoody and extending to:
- Decatur, which is the Seat of DeKalb County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Dunwoody to Decatur, 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 13 miles [20.9 km] to the south southwest (SSW). The buggy would take four to five hours and walking would take 6 hours.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 529 miles [851.3 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 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 6,427 miles [10,343.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,131 miles [11,476.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,009 miles [8,061.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Dunwoody could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Dunwoody) 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 Dunwoody 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 Dunwoody. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.9480, Longitude: -84.3341 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.23 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.678 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.217 degrees. |
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