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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 Etta, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Etta 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 Etta:
    • 33.991768, -84.792716
    • 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 Etta
  • 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 Etta is near Cobb County and also Bartow 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 Bartow 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 Etta

Communities Also Named Etta ...

We found eight communities that are also named Etta.

Within Georgia, the name Etta is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Hot Spring County
      • This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Etta [Hot Spring County].
    • California
      • Sierra 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 California community of Etta [Sierra County].
    • Mississippi
      • Union County
      • This Etta is located in Union County and lies 255 miles [410.4 km]<3> to the west of the Etta that is located in Paulding County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Union County community of Etta.
    • Missouri
      • Boone 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 Etta [Boone County].
    • Oklahoma
      • Cherokee 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 Oklahoma community of Etta [Cherokee County].
    • South Carolina
      • Cherokee County
      • This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Etta [Cherokee County].
    • South Dakota
      • Etta #
      • This community is historic<1> and we have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for Etta.
    • Virginia
      • Caroline County
      • This Etta is located in Caroline County and lies 512 miles [824 km]<3> to the northeast of the Etta that is located in Paulding County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Caroline County community of Etta.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Etta ...

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.

  • Acorn Tree
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Acorn Tree is located in Paulding County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acorn Tree
  • Cedar Ridge
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Cedar Ridge is located in Paulding County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Ridge
  • Cross Creek
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Cross Creek is located in Paulding County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Creek
  • Cross Roads
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Cross Roads is located in Paulding County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Roads
  • Crowville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Crowville is located in Paulding County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crowville
  • Hidden Oaks
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Hidden Oaks is located in Paulding County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Oaks
  • Indian Springs
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Indian Springs is located in Paulding County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Springs
  • Lost Meadows
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Lost Meadows is located in Paulding County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Meadows
  • Musket Ridge
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Musket Ridge is located in Paulding County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Musket Ridge
  • Red Rock
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Red Rock is located in Cobb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Rock
  • Red Rock Hills
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Red Rock Hills is located in Cobb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Rock Hills
  • Spanish Trails
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Spanish Trails is located in Paulding County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spanish Trails
  • Continue List   (5 more) ...
    • Story ‑ Historic
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Story is located in Cobb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Story
    • Twelve Oaks
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Twelve Oaks is located in Paulding County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twelve Oaks
    • Wildwood
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Wildwood is located in Paulding County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood
    • Windmill Creek
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Windmill Creek is located in Paulding County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windmill Creek
    • Wood Valley
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Wood Valley is located in Paulding County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood Valley

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic community of Etta once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Etta and extending to:

  • Dallas, which is the Seat of Paulding County, lies just to the South Southwest.
  • Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 28 miles [45.1 km]<3> to the southeast (SE). If you could walk a straight line from Etta to Atlanta, with an average speed<4> 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 just over a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 547 miles [880.3 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 22 days and walking would take 31 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,445 miles [10,372.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,150 miles [11,506.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,027 miles [8,090.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Etta, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek 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 Etta 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>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- Etta) 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 Etta 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 Etta. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.9918, Longitude: -84.7927       In this case, the coordinates for Etta have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.502 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.998 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.388 degrees.