Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Five Notch Acres, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Five Notch Acres and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Five Notch Acres

• 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 Five Notch Acres:
  • 33.648721, -84.732435
  • 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 Five Notch 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 Douglas County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Douglas County
  • Since Five Notch Acres is near Fulton County and also Carroll County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Fulton County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Carroll 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 Five Notch Acres

Curious and Interesting Names Near Five Notch 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.

• Bent Pine
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Bent Pine is located in Douglas County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bent Pine
• Cackle Corner
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Cackle Corner is located in Fulton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cackle Corner
• Carmel Chase
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Carmel Chase is located in Douglas County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carmel Chase
• Cedar Grove
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Cedar Grove is located in Fulton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
• Chapel Hill
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Chapel Hill is located in Douglas County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill
• Creek Indian
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Creek Indian is located in Douglas County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creek Indian
• Doublegate
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Doublegate is located in Douglas County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doublegate
• Kings Point
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Kings Point is located in Douglas County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Point
• Orchard Park
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Orchard Park is located in Douglas County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Park
• Pumpkintown Ferry
  (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Pumpkintown Ferry is located in Douglas County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pumpkintown Ferry
• Rebel Trail
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Rebel Trail is located in Douglas County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rebel Trail
• Rivertown
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Rivertown is located in Fulton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rivertown
• Sugar Creek
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Sugar Creek is located in Douglas County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Creek

How Far From Five Notch Acres 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 Five Notch Acres to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Five Notch Acres and extending to:

• Douglasville, which is the Seat of Douglas County, lies just to the North.
• Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could walk a straight line from Five Notch Acres to Atlanta, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day 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 560 miles [901.2 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 6,458 miles [10,393.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,161 miles [11,524.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,039 miles [8,109.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'