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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 Echo Ridge, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Echo Ridge 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 Echo Ridge:
- 33.892604, -84.766048
- 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 Echo Ridge
- 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 Paulding County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Paulding County
- Since Echo Ridge is near Cobb County and also Douglas 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 Douglas 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 Echo Ridge
Curious and Interesting Names Near Echo Ridge ...
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.
- California
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- California is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for California
- Cross Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Cross Creek is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Creek
- Deer Run
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Deer Run is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Run
- Forest Echo
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Forest Echo is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Echo
- Forkwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Forkwood is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forkwood
- Fox Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Fox Ridge is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Ridge
- Gold Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Gold Creek is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Creek
- Green Meadows
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Green Meadows is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Meadows
- Greenfield Chase
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Greenfield Chase is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield Chase
- Hardy Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hardy Hills is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardy Hills
- Harpers Lake
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Harpers Lake is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harpers Lake
- Hearthwood
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Hearthwood is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hearthwood
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Hidden Oaks
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Hidden Oaks is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Oaks
- Indian Lake
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Indian Lake is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Lake
- Indian Rose
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Indian Rose is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Rose
- Population from the 2010 Census: 2,241 people
- Indian Springs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Indian Springs is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Springs
- Lost Meadows
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Lost Meadows is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Meadows
- Lost Mountain Woods
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lost Mountain Woods is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Mountain Woods
- Musket Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Musket Ridge is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Musket Ridge
- Powder Creek Crossing
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Powder Mill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Powder Mill is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powder Mill
- Powder Springs Chase
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Powder Springs Chase is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powder Springs Chase
- Estimated population in 2019: 15,758 people
- Spanish Trails
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Spanish Trails is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spanish Trails
- Sunset Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Sunset Hills is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Hills
- Timberchase
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Timberchase is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timberchase
- Twelve Oaks
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Twelve Oaks is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twelve Oaks
How Far From Echo Ridge 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 Echo Ridge to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Echo Ridge and extending to:
- Dallas, which is the Seat of Paulding County, lies just to the West Northwest.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 23 miles [37 km]<1> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could walk a straight line from Echo Ridge to Atlanta, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 551 miles [886.7 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 32 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,448 miles [10,377.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,153 miles [11,511.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,030 miles [8,095 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- Echo Ridge) 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 Echo Ridge 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 Echo Ridge. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.8926, Longitude: -84.7660 In this case, the coordinates for Echo Ridge have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.482 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.961 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.401 degrees. |
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