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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 Falconcrest, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Falconcrest 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 Falconcrest:
- 34.005935, -84.058521
- 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 Falconcrest
- 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 Gwinnett County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Gwinnett County
- Since Falconcrest is near Forsyth County and also Fulton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Forsyth 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 Falconcrest
Communities Also Named Falconcrest ...
We found two communities that are also named Falconcrest.
Within Georgia, the name Falconcrest is unique.
Beyond Georgia, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Pennsylvania
- Chester County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Falconcrest [Chester County].
- Utah
- Salt Lake County
- This Falconcrest is located in Salt Lake County and lies 1,596 miles [2,568.5 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Falconcrest that is located in Gwinnett County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County community of Falconcrest.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Falconcrest ...
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.
- Centurion Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Centurion Hills is located in Gwinnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centurion Hills
- Deerwood
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Deerwood is located in Gwinnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerwood
- Forest River
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Forest River is located in Gwinnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest River
- Friendly Village of Crooked Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hunting Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Hunting Creek is located in Gwinnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunting Creek
- Maple Ridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Maple Ridge is located in Gwinnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Ridge
- Marsh Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Marsh Creek is located in Gwinnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marsh Creek
- Meadow
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Meadow is located in Gwinnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow
- Rambling Woods
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Rambling Woods is located in Gwinnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rambling Woods
- Steeplechase
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Steeplechase is located in Gwinnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steeplechase
How Far From Falconcrest to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Falconcrest to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Falconcrest and extending to:
- Lawrenceville, which is the Seat of Gwinnett County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 25 miles [40.2 km]<2> to the southwest (SW). If you could walk a straight line from Falconcrest to Atlanta, with an average speed<3> 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 515 miles [828.8 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 21 days and walking would take 30 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,413 miles [10,320.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,116 miles [11,452.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,994 miles [8,037.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Falconcrest 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. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Falconcrest) 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 Falconcrest 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 Falconcrest. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.0059, Longitude: -84.0585 In this case, the coordinates for Falconcrest have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.07 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.502 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.095 degrees. |
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