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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 Hunt Club, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hunt Club 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 Hunt Club:
    • 34.007601, -84.664658
    • 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 Hunt Club
  • 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 Hunt Club is near Paulding County and also Cherokee County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Paulding County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cherokee 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 Hunt Club

Communities Also Named Hunt Club ...

We found three communities that are also named Hunt Club.

Within Georgia, the name Hunt Club is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Florida
      • Seminole County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Hunt Club [Seminole County].
    • Illinois
      • Will County
      • This Hunt Club is located in Will County and lies 553 miles [890 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Hunt Club that is located in Cobb County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Will County community of Hunt Club.
    • Ontario
      • This Hunt Club lies 916 miles [1,474.2 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Hunt Club that is located in Cobb County.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Hunt Club ...

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
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Big Shanty Hills is located in Cobb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Shanty Hills
  • Cross Roads
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Cross Roads is located in Paulding County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Roads
  • Emerald Forest
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Emerald Forest is located in Cherokee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerald Forest
  • Emerald Willows
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Emerald Willows is located in Cobb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerald Willows
  • Falcon Shores
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Falcon Shores is located in Cobb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falcon Shores
  • Hickory Forest
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Hickory Forest is located in Cobb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Forest
  • Hunters Cove
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Hunters Cove is located in Cobb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Cove
  • Iron Hill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Iron Hill is located in Bartow County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Hill
  • Lakeview Heights
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Lakeview Heights is located in Cobb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Heights
  • Lost Mountain
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Lost Mountain is located in Cobb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Mountain
  • Mars Hill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Mars Hill is located in Cobb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mars Hill
  • Mars Hill Downs
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Mars Hill Downs is located in Cobb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mars Hill Downs
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Plantation Walk
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Plantation Walk is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plantation Walk
    • Red Rock
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Red Rock is located in Cobb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Rock
    • Red Rock Hills
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Red Rock Hills is located in Cobb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Rock Hills
    • Signal Point
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Signal Point is located in Cobb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Signal Point
    • Story ‑ Historic
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Story is located in Cobb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Story
    • Summer Trace
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Summer Trace is located in Cobb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer Trace

How Far From Hunt Club 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 Hunt Club to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Marietta, which is the Seat of Cobb County, lies just to the East Southeast.
  • Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 23 miles [37 km]<2> to the southeast (SE). If you could walk a straight line from Hunt Club to Atlanta, with an average speed<3> 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 541 miles [870.7 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 31 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,439 miles [10,362.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,143 miles [11,495.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,021 miles [8,080.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Hunt Club 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.
<2>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- Hunt Club) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Hunt Club 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 Hunt Club. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.0076, Longitude: -84.6647       In this case, the coordinates for Hunt Club have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.427 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.914 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.333 degrees.