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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 The Inlet, we use the following websites to find information relevant to The Inlet 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 The Inlet:
    • 33.540390, -84.357702
    • 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 The Inlet
  • 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 Clayton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Clayton County
    • Since The Inlet is near Fayette County and also Henry County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Fayette County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Henry 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 The Inlet

Communities Also Named The Inlet ...

We found nine communities that are also named The Inlet.

Within Georgia, the name The Inlet is unique.

Beyond Georgia, we know of nine communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these nine communities, eight are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Illinois
      • Lee County
      • This The Inlet is located in Lee County and lies 625 miles [1,005.8 km]<1> to the north northwest of the The Inlet that is located in Clayton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lee County community of The Inlet.
    • New Jersey
      • Atlantic 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 New Jersey community of The Inlet [Atlantic County].
    • New York
      • Hamilton County
      • This The Inlet is located in Hamilton County and lies 872 miles [1,403.3 km]<1> to the north northeast of the The Inlet that is located in Clayton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of The Inlet.
    • Ohio
      • Fulton County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of The Inlet [Fulton County].
    • Quebec
      • This The Inlet lies 971 miles [1,562.7 km]<1> to the north northeast of the The Inlet that is located in Clayton County.
    • Virginia
      • Culpeper 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 The Inlet [Culpeper County].
      • Virginia Beach City
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of The Inlet [Virginia Beach City].
    • Wisconsin
      • Saint Croix 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 Wisconsin community of The Inlet [Saint Croix County].
      • Walworth County
      • This The Inlet is located in Walworth County and lies 667 miles [1,073.4 km]<1> to the north northwest of the The Inlet that is located in Clayton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Walworth County community of The Inlet.

Curious and Interesting Names Near The Inlet ...

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.

  • Camelot
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Camelot is located in Clayton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot
  • Clearbrook
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Clearbrook is located in Clayton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearbrook
  • Emerald Hills
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Emerald Hills is located in Clayton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerald Hills
  • Fox Run
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Fox Run is located in Clayton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Run
  • Green Meadows
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Green Meadows is located in Clayton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Meadows
  • Hickory Hills
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Hickory Hills is located in Clayton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hills
  • Holiday Hills
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Holiday Hills is located in Clayton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Hills
  • Lake Chase
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Lake Chase is located in Clayton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Chase
  • Maple Grove
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Maple Grove is located in Clayton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove
  • Mockingbird Hill
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Mockingbird Hill is located in Clayton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mockingbird Hill
  • Orchard Hills
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Orchard Hills is located in Clayton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Hills
  • Park Forest
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Park Forest is located in Clayton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Forest
  • Continue List   (5 more) ...
    • Quail Valley
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Quail Valley is located in Clayton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Valley
    • Spring Valley
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Spring Valley is located in Clayton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
    • Springview
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Springview is located in Clayton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springview
    • Tiffany Hills
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Tiffany Hills is located in Clayton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiffany Hills
    • Willow Bend
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Willow Bend is located in Clayton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Bend

How Far From The Inlet 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 The Inlet to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Jonesboro, which is the Seat of Clayton County, lies just to the South.
  • Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the north (N). If you could walk a straight line from The Inlet to Atlanta, with an average speed<4> 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,447 miles [10,375.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,149 miles [11,505.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,027 miles [8,090.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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 drawn from Point A (ie- The Inlet) 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek 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 The Inlet 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>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about The Inlet, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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.
<5>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 The Inlet 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 The Inlet. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.5404, Longitude: -84.3577       In this case, the coordinates for The Inlet have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.227 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.617 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.325 degrees.