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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 Elrod, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Elrod 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 Elrod:
    • 34.408709, -83.885461
    • 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 Elrod
  • 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 Hall County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hall County
    • Since Elrod is near Lumpkin County and also Dawson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lumpkin County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Dawson 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 Elrod

Communities Also Named Elrod ...

We found six communities that are also named Elrod.

Within Georgia, the name Elrod is unique.

Beyond Georgia, we know of six communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Tuscaloosa County
      • This Elrod is located in Tuscaloosa County and lies 237 miles [381.4 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Elrod that is located in Hall County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tuscaloosa County community of Elrod.
    • Indiana
      • Ripley County
      • This Elrod is located in Ripley County and lies 328 miles [527.9 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Elrod that is located in Hall County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ripley County community of Elrod.
    • Kentucky
      • Pulaski County
      • This Elrod is located in Pulaski County and lies 196 miles [315.4 km]<1> to the north of the Elrod that is located in Hall County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pulaski County community of Elrod.
    • Missouri
      • Andrew County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Elrod [Andrew County].
    • North Carolina
      • Robeson County
      • This Elrod is located in Robeson County and lies 264 miles [424.9 km]<1> to the east of the Elrod that is located in Hall County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Robeson County community of Elrod.
    • South Dakota
      • Clark County
      • This Elrod is located in Clark County and lies 1,023 miles [1,646.4 km]<1> to the northwest of the Elrod that is located in Hall County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clark County community of Elrod.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Elrod ...

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.

  • Beaver Pond
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Beaver Pond is located in Hall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Pond
  • Big Oak
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Big Oak is located in Hall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Oak
  • Blueberry Hills
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Blueberry Hills is located in Hall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blueberry Hills
  • Cherokee Meadows
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Cherokee Meadows is located in Hall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Meadows
  • Destitute Acres
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Destitute Acres is located in Hall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Destitute Acres
  • Greystone
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Greystone is located in Hall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greystone
  • Happy Valley
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Happy Valley is located in Hall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Valley
  • Heather Heights
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Heather Heights is located in Hall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heather Heights
  • Indian Hills
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Indian Hills is located in Hall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Hills
  • Lake Shore
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Lake Shore is located in Hall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Shore
  • Lake Watch
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Lake Watch is located in Hall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Watch
  • Leisure Lake
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Leisure Lake is located in Hall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisure Lake
  • Continue List   (9 more) ...
    • Looper Lake
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Looper Lake is located in Hall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Looper Lake
    • Price
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Price is located in Hall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price
    • River Point
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • River Point is located in Hall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Point
    • River Run
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • River Run is located in Hall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Run
    • Scoutland
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Scoutland is located in Hall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scoutland
    • Shady Lane
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Shady Lane is located in Hall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Lane
    • Squirrel Creek
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Squirrel Creek is located in Hall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squirrel Creek
    • Wahoo Forest
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Wahoo Forest is located in Hall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wahoo Forest
    • Wahoo Valley
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Wahoo Valley is located in Hall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wahoo Valley

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Elrod and extending to:

  • Gainesville, which is the Seat of Hall County, lies just to the South Southeast.
  • Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 53 miles [85.3 km]<1> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could walk a straight line from Elrod to Atlanta, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 489 miles [787 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 28 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,387 miles [10,278.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,091 miles [11,411.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,969 miles [7,996.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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 from Point A (ie- Elrod) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Elrod 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.
<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 Elrod 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 Elrod. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.4087, Longitude: -83.8855       In this case, the coordinates for Elrod have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.982 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.458 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.926 degrees.