Outdoor Activities ...

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

When in Free Home, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Free Home and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Free Home

• 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 Free Home:
  • 34.238529, -84.288554
  • 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 Free Home

• 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 Cherokee County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Cherokee County
  • Since Free Home 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 Free Home

Curious and Interesting Names Near Free Home ...

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.

• Bentgrass Farms
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Bentgrass Farms is located in Fulton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bentgrass Farms
• Centerville ‑ Historic
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Centerville is located in Cherokee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
• Christophers Run
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Christophers Run is located in Fulton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christophers Run
• Drew
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Drew is located in Forsyth County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drew
• Ducktown
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Ducktown is located in Forsyth County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ducktown
• Harmony
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Harmony is located in Cherokee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Harmony
  • From Free Home to Harmony
• Heardville
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Heardville is located in Forsyth County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heardville
• Hightower
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Hightower is located in Forsyth County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hightower
• Hopewell
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Hopewell is located in Fulton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
• Mars Hill Crossroads
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Mars Hill Crossroads is located in Forsyth County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mars Hill Crossroads
• Orange
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Orange is located in Cherokee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange
• Sunnybrook Farms
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Sunnybrook Farms is located in Fulton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnybrook Farms
• Union Hill
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Union Hill is located in Cherokee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Hill
• Wood Valley
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Wood Valley is located in Fulton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood Valley

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

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

• Canton, which is the Seat of Cherokee County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Free Home to Canton, with an average speed<2> 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 33 miles [53.1 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just over a day and walking would take most of two days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 514 miles [827.2 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 30 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,412 miles [10,319.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,116 miles [11,452.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,994 miles [8,037.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'