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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 Fayette Villa Estates, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fayette Villa 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 Fayette Villa Estates:
- 33.443171, -84.545762
- 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 Fayette Villa 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 Fayette County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fayette County
- Since Fayette Villa Estates is near Coweta County and also Fulton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Coweta 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 Fayette Villa Estates
Curious and Interesting Names Near Fayette Villa 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.
- Cobblestone Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cobblestone Creek is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobblestone Creek
- Edgewater
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Edgewater is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater
- Fetlock Meadows
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Fetlock Meadows is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fetlock Meadows
- Fishers Bank
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Fishers Bank is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishers Bank
- Golfview
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Golfview is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golfview
- Graceland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Graceland is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graceland
- Greensway
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Greensway is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greensway
- Groveland
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Groveland is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groveland
- Heritage Farms
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Heritage Farms is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Farms
- Ledgewood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Ledgewood is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ledgewood
- Magnolia Farms
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Magnolia Farms is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia Farms
- Overlook
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Overlook is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overlook
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Peachtree Walk
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Peachtree Walk is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peachtree Walk
- Piney Knoll
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Piney Knoll is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Knoll
- Ridgelake
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ridgelake is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgelake
- Sandy Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Sandy Creek is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Creek
- Sawmill Trace
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Sawmill Trace is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawmill Trace
- Shake Rag
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Shake Rag is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shake Rag
- Spooner Ridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Spooner Ridge is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spooner Ridge
- Spyglass Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Spyglass Hill is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spyglass Hill
- Stop
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Stop is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stop
- Tapestry
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Tapestry is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tapestry
- Twigs Corner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Twigs Corner is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twigs Corner
- Wisdom Woods
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Wisdom Woods is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wisdom Woods
How Far From Fayette Villa Estates 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 Fayette Villa 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 Fayette Villa Estates and extending to:
- Fayetteville, which is the Seat of Fayette County, lies just to the East.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 23 miles [37 km]<1> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could walk a straight line from Fayette Villa Estates to Atlanta, with an average speed<2> 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 562 miles [904.5 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 6,460 miles [10,396.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,162 miles [11,526.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,040 miles [8,111.1 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Fayette Villa 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 Fayette Villa 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 Fayette Villa Estates. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.4432, Longitude: -84.5458 In this case, the coordinates for Fayette Villa Estates have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.333 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.726 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.421 degrees. |
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