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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 Fricks Ferry, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fricks Ferry 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 Fricks Ferry:
- 34.522586, -84.984667
- 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 Fricks Ferry
- 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 Gordon County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Gordon County
- Since Fricks Ferry is near Floyd County and also Whitfield County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Floyd County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Whitfield 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 Fricks Ferry
Curious and Interesting Names Near Fricks Ferry ...
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.
- Crane Eater
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Crane Eater is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crane Eater
- Damascus
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Damascus is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Damascus
- Hill City
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Hill City is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill City
- Lands Ferry
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lands Ferry is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lands Ferry
- Lays Ferry
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Lays Ferry is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lays Ferry
- Printup Ferry
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Printup Ferry is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Printup Ferry
- Rocky Creek ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Rocky Creek is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Creek
- Sugar Valley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Water Valley ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Water Valley is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Water Valley
How Far From Fricks Ferry 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 Fricks Ferry to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Fricks Ferry and extending to:
- Calhoun, which is the Seat of Gordon County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 63 miles [101.4 km]<2> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could walk a straight line from Fricks Ferry 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 about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 533 miles [857.8 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 31 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,428 miles [10,344.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,136 miles [11,484.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,012 miles [8,066 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Fricks Ferry) 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 Fricks Ferry 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 Fricks Ferry. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.5226, Longitude: -84.9847 In this case, the coordinates for Fricks Ferry have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.639 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.23 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.337 degrees. |
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