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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 East Conway Hill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to East Conway Hill 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 East Conway Hill:
- 33.879270, -84.403817
- 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 East Conway 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 Fulton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fulton County
- Since East Conway Hill is near Cobb County and also DeKalb County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cobb 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 East Conway Hill
Curious and Interesting Names Near East Conway 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.
- Coldstream
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Coldstream is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldstream
- Derby Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Derby Hill is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derby Hill
- Forest Valley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Forest Valley is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Valley
- Heard Ferry
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Heard Ferry is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heard Ferry
- Misty Ridge
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Misty Ridge is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Misty Ridge
- Peachtree Park ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Peachtree Park is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peachtree Park
- Post Harbor
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Post Harbor is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Harbor
- Post River
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Post River is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post River
- Postwoods
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Postwoods is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Postwoods
- Power Ferry
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Power Ferry is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Power Ferry
- Powers Lane
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Powers Lane is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powers Lane
- Riverwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Riverwood is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverwood
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Sandy Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Shadowwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Shadowwood is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadowwood
- Starlight Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Starlight Hills is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starlight Hills
- Stonewall
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Stonewall is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonewall
- Treetop
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Treetop is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Treetop
How Far From East Conway Hill to ...
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 East Conway Hill to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in East Conway Hill and extending to:
- Atlanta, which is the Seat of Fulton County, lies just to the South.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies just to the south (S).
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 536 miles [862.6 km]<2> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from East Conway Hill to White House, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 31 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 21 days.
- The shortest distance<4> 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).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,137 miles [11,485.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,015 miles [8,070.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- East Conway Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 East Conway 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 East Conway Hill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.8793, Longitude: -84.4038 In this case, the coordinates for East Conway Hill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.268 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.713 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.262 degrees. |
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