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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 Friendly Village of Crooked Creek, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Friendly Village of Crooked Creek and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
    • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
    • The National Weather Service forecast for Friendly Village of Crooked Creek
  • 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 Friendly Village of Crooked Creek:
    • 33.974547, -84.083245
    • 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 Friendly Village of Crooked Creek
  • 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 Gwinnett County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Gwinnett County
    • Since Friendly Village of Crooked Creek 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 Friendly Village of Crooked Creek

Curious and Interesting Names Near Friendly Village of Crooked Creek ...

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.

  • Centurion Hills
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Centurion Hills is located in Gwinnett County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centurion Hills
  • Deerwood
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Deerwood is located in Gwinnett County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerwood
  • Falconcrest
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Falconcrest is located in Gwinnett County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falconcrest
  • Heritage Station
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Heritage Station is located in Gwinnett County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Station
  • Hunting Creek
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Hunting Creek is located in Gwinnett County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunting Creek
  • Maple Ridge
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Maple Ridge is located in Gwinnett County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Ridge
  • Marsh Creek
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Marsh Creek is located in Gwinnett County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marsh Creek
  • Meadow
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Meadow is located in Gwinnett County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow
  • Murphyville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Murphyville is located in Gwinnett County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphyville
  • Plantation Woods
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Plantation Woods is located in Gwinnett County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plantation Woods
  • Pleasant Hill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Pleasant Hill is located in Gwinnett County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
  • Rambling Woods
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Rambling Woods is located in Gwinnett County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rambling Woods
  • Continue List   (5 more) ...
    • Regency Woods
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Regency Woods is located in Gwinnett County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Regency Woods
      • Estimated population in 2019: 189 people
    • Rolling Ridge
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Rolling Ridge is located in Gwinnett County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Ridge
    • Steeplechase
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Steeplechase is located in Gwinnett County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steeplechase
    • Summerville
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Summerville is located in Gwinnett County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerville
    • Sweet Water
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Sweet Water is located in Gwinnett County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Water

How Far From Friendly Village of Crooked Creek 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 Friendly Village of Crooked Creek to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Friendly Village of Crooked Creek and extending to:

  • Lawrenceville, which is the Seat of Gwinnett County, lies just to the East Southeast.
  • Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 23 miles [37 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could walk a straight line from Friendly Village of Crooked Creek 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 518 miles [833.6 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 30 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,415 miles [10,323.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,118 miles [11,455.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,996 miles [8,040.3 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- Friendly Village of Crooked Creek) 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 Friendly Village of Crooked Creek 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 Friendly Village of Crooked Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.9745, Longitude: -84.0832       In this case, the coordinates for Friendly Village of Crooked Creek have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.084 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.513 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.112 degrees.