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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 Falcon Acres, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Falcon Acres 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 Falcon Acres:
- 33.807884, -84.674657
- 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 Falcon Acres
- 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 Cobb County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cobb County
- Since Falcon Acres is near Douglas County and also Paulding County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Douglas County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Paulding 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 Falcon Acres
Curious and Interesting Names Near Falcon Acres ...
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.
- County Line Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- County Line Heights is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for County Line Heights
- County Line Place
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- County Line Place is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for County Line Place
- Creelwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Creelwood is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creelwood
- English Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- English Heights is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Heights
- Forest Glen
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Forest Glen is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Glen
- Furniture City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Furniture City is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furniture City
- Heritage Square
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Heritage Square is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Square
- Hickory Forest
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hickory Forest is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Forest
- Hickory Glen
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Hickory Glen is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Glen
- High Point
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- High Point is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Point
- James Heights
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- James Heights is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James Heights
- Merlin Meadows
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Merlin Meadows is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merlin Meadows
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Park Forest
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Park Forest is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Forest
- Pine Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Pine Creek is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Creek
- Pine Oaks
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Pine Oaks is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Oaks
- Pleasant Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Hills is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hills
- Powder Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Powder Ridge is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powder Ridge
- Powder Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Rocky Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Rocky Hills is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Hills
- Skyview
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Skyview is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyview
- Springbrook
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Springbrook is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springbrook
- Steeplechase
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Steeplechase is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steeplechase
- Stoneybrook
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Stoneybrook is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoneybrook
- Trail Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Trail Creek is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trail Creek
How Far From Falcon Acres 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 Falcon Acres to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Falcon Acres and extending to:
- Marietta, which is the Seat of Cobb County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Falcon Acres to Marietta, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 16 miles [25.7 km] to the east southeast (ESE). The buggy would take five to six hours and walking would take most of a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 550 miles [885.1 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<4> 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).<5>
- 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).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,030 miles [8,095 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 '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- Falcon Acres) 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 Falcon Acres 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 Falcon Acres. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.8079, Longitude: -84.6747 In this case, the coordinates for Falcon Acres have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.425 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.883 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.385 degrees. |
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