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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 Jarrett, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Jarrett 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 Jarrett:
    • 34.250660, -83.719338
    • 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 Jarrett
  • 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 Hall County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hall County
    • Since Jarrett is near Jackson County and also Banks County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Jackson County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Banks 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 Jarrett

Communities Also Named Jarrett ...

We found six communities that are also named Jarrett.

There is one other community in Georgia that is also named Jarrett.

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

  • Communities Located In Georgia ...
    • Stephens County
      • This Jarrett is located in Stephens County and lies 36 miles [57.9 km]<1> to the northeast of the Jarrett that is located in Hall County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stephens County community of Jarrett.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Chambers 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 Alabama community of Jarrett [Chambers County].
    • Florida
      • Jefferson County
      • This Jarrett is located in Jefferson County and lies 250 miles [402.3 km]<1> to the south of the Jarrett that is located in Hall County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Jarrett.
    • Kansas
      • Cherokee 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 Kansas community of Jarrett [Cherokee County].
    • Minnesota
      • Wabasha County
      • This Jarrett is located in Wabasha County and lies 828 miles [1,332.5 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Jarrett that is located in Hall County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wabasha County community of Jarrett.
    • West Virginia
      • Kanawha County
      • This Jarrett is located in Kanawha County and lies 314 miles [505.3 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Jarrett that is located in Hall County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kanawha County community of Jarrett.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Jarrett ...

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.

  • Eaglewood
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Eaglewood is located in Hall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eaglewood
  • Evergreen Heights
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Evergreen Heights is located in Hall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Heights
  • Fleetwood
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Fleetwood is located in Hall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleetwood
  • Frontier Trail
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Frontier Trail is located in Hall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frontier Trail
  • Greenway
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Greenway is located in Hall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenway
  • Holly Springs
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Holly Springs is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Springs
  • New Holland
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • New Holland is located in Hall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Holland
  • Pleasant Brook
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Pleasant Brook is located in Hall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Brook
  • Pond Fork ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Pond Fork is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pond Fork
  • Rabbitown
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Rabbitown is located in Hall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rabbitown
  • Rainbow Village
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Rainbow Village is located in Hall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainbow Village
  • Shady Valley
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Shady Valley is located in Hall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Valley
  • Sugar Hill
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Sugar Hill is located in Hall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Hill
  • Tanner Mill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Tanner Mill is located in Hall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanner Mill

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

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

  • Gainesville, which is the Seat of Hall County, lies just to the West Northwest.
  • Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 51 miles [82.1 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could walk a straight line from Jarrett to Atlanta, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 489 miles [787 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 28 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,387 miles [10,278.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,090 miles [11,410.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,968 miles [7,995.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Jarrett) 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Jarrett 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 Jarrett 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 Jarrett. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.2507, Longitude: -83.7193       In this case, the coordinates for Jarrett have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.88 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.318 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.90 degrees.