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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 Fleetwood, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fleetwood and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Fleetwood:
    • 34.288991, -83.788787
    • 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 Fleetwood
  • 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 Hall County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hall County
    • Since Fleetwood is near Jackson County and also Banks County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Jackson County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Banks 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 Fleetwood

Communities Also Named Fleetwood ...

We found fourteen communities that are also named Fleetwood.

There is one other community in Georgia that is also named Fleetwood.

Beyond Georgia, we know of thirteen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these thirteen communities, twelve are located in the United States and three are in Canada.

  • Communities Located In Georgia ...
    • Chatham County
      • This Fleetwood is located in Chatham County and lies 221 miles [355.7 km]<1> to the southeast of the Fleetwood that is located in Hall County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chatham County community of Fleetwood.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Pike 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 Alabama community of Fleetwood [Pike County].
      • Tuscaloosa County
      • This Fleetwood is located in Tuscaloosa County and lies 219 miles [352.4 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Fleetwood that is located in Hall County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tuscaloosa County community of Fleetwood.
    • British Columbia
      • This Fleetwood lies 2,224 miles [3,579.2 km]<1> to the northwest of the Fleetwood that is located in Hall County.
    • New York
      • Westchester County
      • This Fleetwood is located in Westchester County and lies 710 miles [1,142.6 km]<1> to the northeast of the Fleetwood that is located in Hall County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Westchester County community of Fleetwood.
    • North Carolina
      • Ashe County
      • This Fleetwood is located in Ashe County and lies 189 miles [304.2 km]<1> to the northeast of the Fleetwood that is located in Hall County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ashe County community of Fleetwood.
    • Oklahoma
      • Jefferson County
      • This Fleetwood is located in Jefferson County and lies 803 miles [1,292.3 km]<1> to the west of the Fleetwood that is located in Hall County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Fleetwood.
    • Ontario
      • 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 Ontario community of Fleetwood.
    • Oregon
      • Fleetwood #1
      • This community is historic<2> and we have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for Fleetwood.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Berks County
      • This Fleetwood is located in Berks County and lies 609 miles [980.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the Fleetwood that is located in Hall County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Berks County community of Fleetwood.
    • South Dakota
      • Minnehaha 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 South Dakota community of Fleetwood [Minnehaha County].
    • Texas
      • Stephens 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 Texas community of Fleetwood [Stephens County].
    • Virginia
      • Culpeper 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 Virginia community of Fleetwood [Culpeper County].
      • Nelson County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Fleetwood [Nelson County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Fleetwood ...

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.

  • Cherrywood
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Cherrywood is located in Hall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherrywood
  • Chicopee
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Chicopee is located in Hall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chicopee
  • Evergreen Heights
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Evergreen Heights is located in Hall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Heights
  • Frontier Trail
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Frontier Trail is located in Hall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frontier Trail
  • Green Hills
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Green Hills is located in Hall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hills
  • Greenway
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Greenway is located in Hall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenway
  • Holland
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Holland is located in Hall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland
  • New Holland
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • New Holland is located in Hall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Holland
  • Pine Point
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Pine Point is located in Hall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Point
  • Quiet Place in the Woods
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Rabbitown
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Rabbitown is located in Hall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rabbitown
  • Rainbow Village
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Rainbow Village is located in Hall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainbow Village
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Riverbend
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Riverbend is located in Hall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverbend
    • Shady Valley
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Shady Valley is located in Hall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Valley
    • Shamrock Heights
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Shamrock Heights is located in Hall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shamrock Heights
    • Sunset Heights
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Sunset Heights is located in Hall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Heights

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Fleetwood and extending to:

  • Gainesville, which is the Seat of Hall County, lies just to the West Northwest.
  • Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 50 miles [80.5 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could walk a straight line from Fleetwood to Atlanta, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 491 miles [790.2 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 28 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,388 miles [10,280.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,092 miles [11,413.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,970 miles [7,998.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Fleetwood) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 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 Fleetwood 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>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 Fleetwood 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 Fleetwood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.2890, Longitude: -83.7888       In this case, the coordinates for Fleetwood have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.922 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.371 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.918 degrees.