Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Granada, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Granada and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Granada
- 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 Granada:
- 33.644277, -84.531319
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Granada
- 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 Fulton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Fulton County
- Since Granada is near Clayton County and also Douglas County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Clayton County
- eBird sighting report for Douglas 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Granada ...
We found seven communities that share the name Granada.
Within Georgia, the name Granada is unique.
Beyond Georgia, we know of another seven communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these seven communities, six are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Colorado
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- New Mexico
- Quebec
- This Granada lies 1,043 miles [1,678.5 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Granada that is located in Fulton County.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Granada ...
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.
- Beaver Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beaver Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Creek
- Beaver Creek is located in Fulton County
- Bench Mark
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bench Mark have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bench Mark
- Bench Mark is located in Fulton County
- Big Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west) - Brandy Chase
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brandy Chase have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandy Chase
- Brandy Chase is located in Fulton County
- College Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Park
- College Park is located in Fulton County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 15,199 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for College Park <5>
- Cooks Crossing
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cooks Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooks Crossing
- Cooks Crossing is located in Fulton County
- Hillandale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hillandale have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillandale
- Hillandale is located in Fulton County
- Holly Brook
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holly Brook have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Brook
- Holly Brook is located in Fulton County
- Jamestown Court
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jamestown Court have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown Court
- Jamestown Court is located in Fulton County
- Lakeview Heights
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lakeview Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Heights
- Lakeview Heights is located in Clayton County
- Limetree
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast) - Malibu
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast) - Continue List (10 more) ...
- Normandy
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast) - Pleasant Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Pleasant Hill is located in Fulton County
- Ponderosa
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast) - Red Oak
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Oak
- Red Oak is located in Fulton County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Red Oak <5>
- Red Wing Cove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Red Wing Cove have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Wing Cove
- Red Wing Cove is located in Fulton County
- Population from the 2010 Census: 2,604 people
- Stonewall
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south) - Sun Valley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sun Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Valley
- Sun Valley is located in Fulton County
- Sunrise
(Less than 2 miles to the south) - Tell
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west) - Union City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Union City have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union City
- Union City is located in Fulton County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 23,301 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Union City <5>
- Normandy
How Far From Granada 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 Granada to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Granada and extending to:
- Atlanta, which is the Seat of Fulton County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Granada to Atlanta, with an average speed<6> 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 11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast (NE). The buggy would take nearly four hours and walking would take five to six hours.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 552 miles [888.4 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<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,450 miles [10,380.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,153 miles [11,511.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,031 miles [8,096.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Granada. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Fulton County: www.co.fulton.ga.us/
The official website for State of Georgia: https://georgia.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Granada) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Granada. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.6443, Longitude: -84.5313 In this case, the coordinates for Granada have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek 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 Granada 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> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Granada, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Granada to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.333 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.755 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.368 degrees. |