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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 Embassy Estates, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Embassy Estates 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 Embassy Estates:
- 33.553445, -84.445760
- 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 Embassy Estates
- 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 Clayton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clayton County
- Since Embassy Estates is near Fayette County and also Fulton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fayette 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 Embassy Estates
Curious and Interesting Names Near Embassy Estates ...
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 Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Beaver Creek is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Creek
- Camelot
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Camelot is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot
- Castlegate
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Castlegate is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castlegate
- Cheeko Manor
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Cheeko Manor is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheeko Manor
- Dix - Leeson
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Dix - Leeson is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dix - Leeson
- Evans Park
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Evans Park is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans Park
- Fox Run
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Fox Run is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Run
- Frog Hollow
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Frog Hollow is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frog Hollow
- Gamma
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Gamma is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gamma
- Golden Meadows
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Golden Meadows is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Meadows
- Graves Way
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Graves Way is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graves Way
- Green Acres
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Green Acres is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Hillandale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hillandale is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillandale
- Hollydale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Hollydale is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollydale
- Kings Forest
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Kings Forest is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Forest
- Estimated population in 2019: 17,949 people
- Mockingbird Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Mockingbird Hill is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mockingbird Hill
- Pleasant Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Ponderosa
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ponderosa is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponderosa
- Quail Valley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Quail Valley is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Valley
- Skylane Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Skylane Hills is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skylane Hills
- Smoke Ridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Smoke Ridge is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smoke Ridge
- Spring Valley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Spring Valley is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Steeplechase
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Steeplechase is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steeplechase
- Timberlake
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Timberlake is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timberlake
- Twin Creeks
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Twin Creeks is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Creeks
How Far From Embassy Estates 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 Embassy Estates to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Embassy Estates and extending to:
- Jonesboro, which is the Seat of Clayton County, lies just to the East Southeast.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could walk a straight line from Embassy Estates to Atlanta, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 553 miles [890 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 6,450 miles [10,380.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,152 miles [11,510 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,031 miles [8,096.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Embassy Estates) 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 Embassy Estates 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 Embassy Estates. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.5534, Longitude: -84.4458 In this case, the coordinates for Embassy Estates have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.279 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.679 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.356 degrees. |
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