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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 Gresham Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Gresham Park 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 Gresham Park:
- 33.703440, -84.314368
- 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 Gresham Park
- 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 DeKalb County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for DeKalb County
- Since Gresham Park is near Fulton County and also Henry County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fulton County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Henry 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 Gresham Park
Curious and Interesting Names Near Gresham Park ...
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.
- Cabbage Town
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cabbage Town is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cabbage Town
- Cedar Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Cedar Grove is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Cedar Valley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Cedar Valley is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Valley
- Cherokee Forest
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Cherokee Forest is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Forest
- Cherry Ridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Cherry Ridge is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Ridge
- Comfort Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Comfort Hill is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comfort Hill
- Constitution
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Constitution is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Constitution
- Copen Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Copen Hill is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copen Hill
- Elizabeth Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Elizabeth Park is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabeth Park
- Forest Ridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Forest Ridge is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Ridge
- Leisure Woods
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Leisure Woods is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisure Woods
- Moonlight Forest
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Moonlight Forest is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moonlight Forest
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Orchard Knob
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Orchard Knob is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Knob
- Panthersville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Panthersville is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panthersville
- Peoplestown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Peoplestown is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoplestown
- River Run
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- River Run is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Run
- Riverchase
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Riverchase is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverchase
- Rosedale Heights
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Rosedale Heights is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale Heights
- Roseland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Roseland is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseland
- Skyline Forest
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Skyline Forest is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyline Forest
- Summerhill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Summerhill is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerhill
- Sweetbriar
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sweetbriar is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetbriar
- Wishing Well Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Wishing Well Hills is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wishing Well Hills
How Far From Gresham Park 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 Gresham Park to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Gresham Park and extending to:
- Decatur, which is the Seat of DeKalb County, lies just to the North.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies just to the northwest (NW).
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 540 miles [869 km]<1> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Gresham Park to White House, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 31 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 21 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,438 miles [10,361 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,140 miles [11,490.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,018 miles [8,075.7 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- Gresham Park) 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 Gresham Park 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 Gresham Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.7034, Longitude: -84.3144 In this case, the coordinates for Gresham Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.208 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.619 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.269 degrees. |
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