Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Interchange Village, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Interchange Village and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Interchange Village

• 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 Interchange Village:
  • 34.247318, -84.770493
  • 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 Interchange Village

• 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 Bartow County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Bartow County
  • Since Interchange Village is near Cherokee County and also Gordon County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Cherokee County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Gordon 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 Interchange Village

Curious and Interesting Names Near Interchange Village ...

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.

• Cartersville
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Cartersville is located in Bartow County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cartersville
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 22,037 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cartersville <1>
• Center
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Center is located in Bartow County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center
• Dewey Crossroads
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Dewey Crossroads is located in Bartow County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dewey Crossroads
• Double Springs ‑ Historic
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Double Springs is located in Bartow County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Double Springs
• Five Forks
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Five Forks is located in Bartow County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Forks
• Grassdale
  (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Grassdale is located in Bartow County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassdale
• Happy Hollow
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Happy Hollow is located in Bartow County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Hollow
• Hidden Hills
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Hidden Hills is located in Bartow County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Hills
• Holly Spring
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Holly Spring is located in Bartow County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Spring
• Jones Heights
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Jones Heights is located in Bartow County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Heights
• Rodgers
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Rodgers is located in Bartow County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodgers
• Shallwood
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Shallwood is located in Bartow County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shallwood
• Stamp Creek ‑ Historic
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Stamp Creek is located in Bartow County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stamp Creek
• Wildwood
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Wildwood is located in Bartow County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood

How Far From Interchange Village 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 Interchange Village to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Interchange Village and extending to:

• Cartersville, which is the Seat of Bartow County, lies just to the South Southwest.
• Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 40 miles [64.4 km]<2> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could walk a straight line from Interchange Village to Atlanta, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 535 miles [861 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,432 miles [10,351.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,138 miles [11,487.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,015 miles [8,070.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'