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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 Hamby Place, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hamby Place 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 Hamby Place:
- 34.069822, -84.604656
- 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 Hamby Place
- 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 Hamby Place is near Cherokee County and also Bartow County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cherokee County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bartow 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 Hamby Place
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hamby Place ...
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.
- Big Shanty Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Big Shanty Hills is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Shanty Hills
- Chestnut Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Chestnut Hill is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Hill
- Cross Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Cross Creek is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Creek
- Emerald Forest
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Emerald Forest is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerald Forest
- Falcon Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Falcon Hills is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falcon Hills
- Heritage Place
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Heritage Place is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Place
- Hickory Forest
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Hickory Forest is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Forest
- Hills-A-Rolling
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hills-A-Rolling is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hills-A-Rolling
- Independence Walk
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Independence Walk is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence Walk
- Kellogg Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Kellogg Creek is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellogg Creek
- Kings Crossing
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Kings Crossing is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Crossing
- Lakeview Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lakeview Heights is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Heights
- Continue List (7 more) ...
- Land of Lakes
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Land of Lakes is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Land of Lakes
- Oak Grove
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Oak Grove is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Plantation Walk
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Plantation Walk is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plantation Walk
- Shadowbrook
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Shadowbrook is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadowbrook
- Summer Trace
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Summer Trace is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer Trace
- Twin Pines
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Twin Pines is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Pines
- Woodwind Station
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Woodwind Station is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodwind Station
How Far From Hamby Place 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 Hamby Place to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Hamby Place and extending to:
- Marietta, which is the Seat of Cobb County, lies just to the South Southeast.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 25 miles [40.2 km]<1> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could walk a straight line from Hamby Place 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 536 miles [862.6 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 31 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,433 miles [10,352.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,138 miles [11,487.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,015 miles [8,070.9 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Hamby Place) 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 Hamby Place 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 Hamby Place. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.0698, Longitude: -84.6047 In this case, the coordinates for Hamby Place have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.394 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.885 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.295 degrees. |
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