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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 Furniture City, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Furniture City 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 Furniture City:
- 33.804828, -84.610767
- 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 Furniture City
- 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 Cobb County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cobb County
- Since Furniture City is near Douglas County and also Fulton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Douglas 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 Furniture City
Curious and Interesting Names Near Furniture City ...
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.
- Boulder Vista
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Boulder Vista is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boulder Vista
- Cherokee Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cherokee Hills is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Hills
- Creelwood
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Creelwood is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creelwood
- Flagstone
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Flagstone is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flagstone
- Floyd
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Floyd is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floyd
- Gordon Heights
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Gordon Heights is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon Heights
- Gordon Woods
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Gordon Woods is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon Woods
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,857 people
- Heritage Square
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Heritage Square is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Square
- Howard
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Howard is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard
- Ivy Point
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Ivy Point is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivy Point
- James Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- James Heights is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James Heights
- Kennedy
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Kennedy is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennedy
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Pine Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Pine Creek is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Creek
- Rocky Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Rocky Hills is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Hills
- Saddleback Ridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Saddleback Ridge is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saddleback Ridge
- Skyview
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Skyview is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyview
- Songwood
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Songwood is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Songwood
- Springbrook
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Springbrook is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springbrook
- Summit Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Summit Ridge is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Ridge
- Whisperwoods
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Whisperwoods is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whisperwoods
How Far From Furniture City 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 Furniture City to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Furniture City and extending to:
- Marietta, which is the Seat of Cobb County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Furniture City to Marietta, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 13 miles [20.9 km] to the east southeast (ESE). The buggy would take four to five hours and walking would take 6 hours.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 548 miles [881.9 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 6,446 miles [10,373.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,149 miles [11,505.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,027 miles [8,090.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
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- Furniture City) 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 Furniture City 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 Furniture City. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.8048, Longitude: -84.6108 In this case, the coordinates for Furniture City have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.387 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.839 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.361 degrees. |
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