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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 Place, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Heritage Place 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 Place:
    • 34.123431, -84.594099
    • 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 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 Cherokee County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cherokee County
    • Since Heritage Place is near Cobb County and also Bartow County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cobb 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 Heritage Place

Communities Also Named Heritage Place ...

We found one communities that are also named Heritage Place.

Within Georgia, the name Heritage Place is unique.

Beyond Georgia, there is another community also named Heritage Place in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Illinois
      • Will County
      • This Heritage Place is located in Will County and lies 552 miles [888.4 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Heritage Place that is located in Cherokee County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Will County community of Heritage Place.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Heritage 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.

  • Cherokee
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Cherokee is located in Cherokee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee
  • Chestnut Hill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Chestnut Hill is located in Cobb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Hill
  • Cross Creek
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Cross Creek is located in Cherokee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Creek
  • Emerald Forest
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Emerald Forest is located in Cherokee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerald Forest
  • Falcon Hills
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Falcon Hills is located in Cobb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falcon Hills
  • Hickory Forest
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Hickory Forest is located in Cobb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Forest
  • Hills-A-Rolling
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • 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 southeast)
    • Independence Walk is located in Cherokee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence Walk
  • Island Mills Ferry
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Island Mills Ferry is located in Bartow County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island Mills Ferry
  • Joshua Landing
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Joshua Landing is located in Cherokee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joshua Landing
  • Kellogg Creek
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Kellogg Creek is located in Cherokee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellogg Creek
  • Land of Lakes
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Land of Lakes is located in Cherokee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Land of Lakes
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Little River Landing
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Little River Landing is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little River Landing
    • Oak Grove
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Oak Grove is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
    • Plantation Walk
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Plantation Walk is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plantation Walk
    • Shadowbrook
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Shadowbrook is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadowbrook
    • Twin Pines
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Twin Pines is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Pines
    • Woodwind Station
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Woodwind Station is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodwind Station

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

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

  • Canton, which is the Seat of Cherokee County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Heritage Place to Canton, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 28 miles [45.1 km] to the south southeast (SSE). The buggy would take just over a day and walking would take just about two full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 533 miles [857.8 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 7,135 miles [11,482.7 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 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 Heritage 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 Heritage Place. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.1234, Longitude: -84.5941       In this case, the coordinates for Heritage Place have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.39 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.888 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.278 degrees.