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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 Square, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Heritage Square 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 Square:
    • 33.787607, -84.648267
    • 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 Square
  • 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 Douglas County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Douglas County
    • Since Heritage Square is near Cobb County and also Paulding 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 Paulding 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 Square

Communities Also Named Heritage Square ...

We found three communities that are also named Heritage Square.

Within Georgia, the name Heritage Square is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Utah
      • Davis County
      • This Heritage Square is located in Davis County and lies 1,577 miles [2,537.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Heritage Square that is located in Douglas County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davis County community of Heritage Square.
      • Weber County
      • This Heritage Square is located in Weber County and lies 1,577 miles [2,537.9 km] to the west northwest of the Heritage Square that is located in Douglas County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Weber County community of Heritage Square.
    • Virginia
      • Fairfax County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Heritage Square [Fairfax County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Heritage Square ...

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.

  • Chestnut Log
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Chestnut Log is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Log
  • County Line Heights
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • County Line Heights is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for County Line Heights
  • County Line Place
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • County Line Place is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for County Line Place
  • Creelwood
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Creelwood is located in Cobb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creelwood
  • English Heights
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • English Heights is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Heights
  • Furniture City
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Furniture City is located in Cobb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furniture City
  • Hickory Forest
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Hickory Forest is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Forest
  • High Point
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • High Point is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Point
  • Ivy Point
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Ivy Point is located in Cobb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivy Point
  • James Heights
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • James Heights is located in Cobb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James Heights
  • Kennedy
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Kennedy is located in Cobb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennedy
  • Meadowview
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Meadowview is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowview
  • Continue List   (9 more) ...
    • Park Forest
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Park Forest is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Forest
    • Pine Creek
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Pine Creek is located in Cobb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Creek
    • Rocky Hills
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Rocky Hills is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Hills
    • Saddleback Ridge
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Saddleback Ridge is located in Cobb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saddleback Ridge
    • Skyview
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Skyview is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyview
    • Songwood
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Songwood is located in Cobb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Songwood
    • Springbrook
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Springbrook is located in Cobb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springbrook
    • Stoneybrook
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Stoneybrook is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoneybrook
    • Trail Creek
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Trail Creek is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trail Creek

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

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

  • Douglasville, which is the Seat of Douglas County, lies just to the West Southwest.
  • Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could walk a straight line from Heritage Square to Atlanta, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 550 miles [885.1 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 22 days and walking would take 32 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,448 miles [10,377.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,152 miles [11,510 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,030 miles [8,095 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Heritage Square) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Heritage Square 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.
<3>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.
<4>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 Square 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 Square. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.7876, Longitude: -84.6483       In this case, the coordinates for Heritage Square have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.408 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.861 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.38 degrees.