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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 Hillside Cottages, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hillside Cottages 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 Hillside Cottages:
- 33.789828, -84.364648
- 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 Hillside Cottages
- 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 Fulton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fulton County
- Since Hillside Cottages is near DeKalb County and also Cobb County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for DeKalb County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cobb 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 Hillside Cottages
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hillside Cottages ...
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
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Cabbage Town is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cabbage Town
- Comfort Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Comfort Hill is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comfort Hill
- Copen Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Copen Hill is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copen Hill
- Edwardsville ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Edwardsville is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwardsville
- Ellen
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Ellen is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellen
- Five Points
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Five Points is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Grove Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Grove Park is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Park
- Hills Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Hills Park is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hills Park
- Mechanicsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mechanicsville is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsville
- Oak Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Grove is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Peachtree Park ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Peachtree Park is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peachtree Park
- Peoplestown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Peoplestown is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoplestown
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Rockdale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Rockdale is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale
- Slabtown ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Slabtown is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slabtown
- Snake Nation ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Snake Nation is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snake Nation
- Summerhill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Summerhill is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerhill
- Vine City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Vine City is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vine City
- Virginia Highlands
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Virginia Highlands is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virginia Highlands
How Far From Hillside Cottages 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 Hillside Cottages to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Hillside Cottages and extending to:
- Atlanta, which is the Seat of Fulton County, lies just to the South Southwest.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies just to the south southwest (SSW).
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 538 miles [865.8 km]<1> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Hillside Cottages 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 6,436 miles [10,357.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,139 miles [11,489.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,017 miles [8,074.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Hillside Cottages) 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 Hillside Cottages 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 Hillside Cottages. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.7898, Longitude: -84.3646 In this case, the coordinates for Hillside Cottages have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.241 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.669 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.268 degrees. |
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