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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 Heritage Farms, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Heritage Farms and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Heritage Farms:
    • 34.043433, -84.502709
    • 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 Heritage Farms
  • 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 Heritage Farms is near Cherokee County and also Fulton 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 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 Heritage Farms

Communities Also Named Heritage Farms ...

We found three communities that are also named Heritage Farms.

There is one other community in Georgia that is also named Heritage Farms.

Beyond Georgia, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Georgia ...
    • Fayette County
      • This Heritage Farms is located in Fayette County and lies 41 miles [66 km]<1> to the south of the Heritage Farms that is located in Cobb County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Heritage Farms.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Delaware
      • New Castle County
      • This Heritage Farms is located in New Castle County and lies 624 miles [1,004.2 km]<1> to the northeast of the Heritage Farms that is located in Cobb County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Castle County community of Heritage Farms.
    • Maryland
      • Howard County
      • This Heritage Farms is located in Howard County and lies 554 miles [891.6 km]<1> to the northeast of the Heritage Farms that is located in Cobb County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Howard County community of Heritage Farms.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Heritage Farms ...

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.

  • Cherokee Forest
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Cherokee Forest is located in Cherokee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Forest
  • Creek View
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Creek View is located in Cherokee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creek View
  • Falcon Hills
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Falcon Hills is located in Cobb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falcon Hills
  • Holly Oaks
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Holly Oaks is located in Cobb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Oaks
    • Estimated population in 2019: 15,442 people
  • Joshua Landing
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Joshua Landing is located in Cherokee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joshua Landing
  • Kings Crossing
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Kings Crossing is located in Cobb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Crossing
  • Knotts Landing
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Knotts Landing is located in Cherokee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knotts Landing
  • Mountain Ridge
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Mountain Ridge is located in Cherokee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Ridge
  • Noonday
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Noonday is located in Cobb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noonday
    • Estimated population in 2019: 16,592 people
  • Rocky Springs
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Rocky Springs is located in Cherokee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Springs
  • Sandy Plains
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Sandy Plains is located in Cobb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Plains
  • Skyridge
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Skyridge is located in Cherokee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyridge
    • Estimated population in 2019: 273 people
  • Trickum Hills
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Trickum Hills is located in Cherokee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trickum Hills
  • Willow Creek
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Willow Creek is located in Cobb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Creek

How Far From Heritage Farms 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 Heritage Farms to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Heritage Farms and extending to:

  • Marietta, which is the Seat of Cobb County, lies just to the South Southwest.
  • Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<1> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could walk a straight line from Heritage Farms to Atlanta, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day 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 532 miles [856.2 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 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 6,430 miles [10,348.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,134 miles [11,481.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,012 miles [8,066 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Heritage Farms) 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 Heritage Farms 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 Heritage Farms. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.0434, Longitude: -84.5027       In this case, the coordinates for Heritage Farms have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.333 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.811 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.261 degrees.