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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 Gravel Springs, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Gravel Springs 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 Gravel Springs:
- 34.075102, -83.984072
- 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 Gravel Springs
- 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 Gravel Springs is near Hall County and also Forsyth County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hall County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Forsyth 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 Gravel Springs
Communities Also Named Gravel Springs ...
We found two communities that are also named Gravel Springs.
There is one other community in Georgia that is also named Gravel Springs.
Beyond Georgia, there is another community also named Gravel Springs in the United States.
- Communities Located In Georgia ...
- Forsyth County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Gravel Springs [Forsyth County].
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Virginia
- Frederick County
- This Gravel Springs is located in Frederick County and lies 462 miles [743.5 km]<2> to the northeast of the Gravel Springs that is located in Gwinnett County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Frederick County community of Gravel Springs.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Gravel Springs ...
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.
- Beard
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Beard is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beard
- Carrols Crossing
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Carrols Crossing is located in Gwinnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrols Crossing
- Deerwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Deerwood is located in Gwinnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerwood
- Frontier Forest
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Frontier Forest is located in Gwinnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frontier Forest
- Green Crossing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Green Crossing is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Crossing
- Hickory Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hickory Hills is located in Gwinnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hills
- Hog Mountain
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hog Mountain is located in Gwinnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hog Mountain
- Level Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Level Creek is located in Gwinnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Level Creek
- Marsh Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Marsh Creek is located in Gwinnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marsh Creek
- Pebble Brook
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Pebble Brook is located in Gwinnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pebble Brook
- Rest Haven
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Rest Haven is located in Gwinnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rest Haven
- Population from the 2020 Census: 65 people
- Roberts Crossroads
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Roberts Crossroads is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts Crossroads
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Saddlewood
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Saddlewood is located in Gwinnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saddlewood
- Settles Bridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Settles Bridge is located in Gwinnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Settles Bridge
- Sugar Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Sugar Ridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sugar Ridge is located in Gwinnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Ridge
How Far From Gravel Springs 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 Gravel Springs to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Gravel Springs and extending to:
- Lawrenceville, which is the Seat of Gwinnett County, lies just to the South.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 32 miles [51.5 km]<2> to the southwest (SW). If you could walk a straight line from Gravel Springs to Atlanta, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 509 miles [819.2 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 20 days and walking would take 29 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,407 miles [10,311.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,110 miles [11,442.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,988 miles [8,027.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Gravel Springs 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. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Gravel Springs) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Gravel Springs 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 Gravel Springs. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.0751, Longitude: -83.9841 In this case, the coordinates for Gravel Springs have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.029 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.465 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.048 degrees. |
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