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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 Kings Point, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Kings Point 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 Kings Point:
    • 33.666221, -84.779936
    • 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 Kings Point
  • 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 Douglas County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Douglas County
    • Since Kings Point is near Fulton County and also Carroll County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Fulton County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Carroll 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 Kings Point

Communities Also Named Kings Point ...

We found nine communities that are also named Kings Point.

Within Georgia, the name Kings Point 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 ...
    • Florida
      • Palm Beach County
      • This Kings Point is located in Palm Beach County and lies 570 miles [917.3 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Kings Point that is located in Douglas County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Palm Beach County community of Kings Point.
    • Louisiana
      • Saint Tammany Parish
      • This Kings Point is located in Saint Tammany Parish and lies 374 miles [601.9 km]<1> to the southwest of the Kings Point that is located in Douglas County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Tammany Parish community of Kings Point.
    • Missouri
      • Dade County
      • This Kings Point is located in Dade County and lies 572 miles [920.5 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Kings Point that is located in Douglas County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dade County community of Kings Point.
    • Montana
      • Lake County
      • This Kings Point is located in Lake County and lies 1,802 miles [2,900 km]<1> to the northwest of the Kings Point that is located in Douglas County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lake County community of Kings Point.
    • New York
      • Nassau County
      • This Kings Point is located in Nassau County and lies 781 miles [1,256.9 km]<1> to the northeast of the Kings Point that is located in Douglas County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nassau County community of Kings Point.
    • Newfoundland and Labrador
      • This Kings Point lies 1,821 miles [2,930.6 km]<1> to the northeast of the Kings Point that is located in Douglas County.
    • Tennessee
      • Hamilton County
      • This Kings Point is located in Hamilton County and lies 101 miles [162.5 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Kings Point that is located in Douglas County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Kings Point.
    • Virginia
      • James City 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 Kings Point [James City County].
      • Suffolk City
      • This Kings Point is located in Suffolk City and lies 507 miles [815.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Kings Point that is located in Douglas County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Suffolk City community of Kings Point.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Kings Point ...

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.

  • Bent Pine
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Bent Pine is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bent Pine
  • Bright Star
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Bright Star is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bright Star
  • Chapel Hill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Chapel Hill is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill
  • Creek Indian
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Creek Indian is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creek Indian
  • Doublegate
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Doublegate is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doublegate
  • Evergreen
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Evergreen is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
  • Executive Heights
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Executive Heights is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Executive Heights
  • Gregory Heights
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Gregory Heights is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregory Heights
  • Heritage Valley
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Heritage Valley is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Valley
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Orchard Park
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Orchard Park is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Park
    • Pumpkintown Ferry
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Pumpkintown Ferry is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pumpkintown Ferry
    • Rivertown
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Rivertown is located in Fulton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rivertown
    • Springwood Village
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Springwood Village is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springwood Village
    • Sugar Creek
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Sugar Creek is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Creek
    • Sweetwater Bluff
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Sweetwater Bluff is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetwater Bluff

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

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

  • Douglasville, which is the Seat of Douglas County, lies just to the North Northeast.
  • Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 23 miles [37 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could walk a straight line from Kings Point 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 561 miles [902.8 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,459 miles [10,394.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,163 miles [11,527.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,041 miles [8,112.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Kings Point) 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 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 Kings Point 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 Kings Point 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 Kings Point. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.6662, Longitude: -84.7799       In this case, the coordinates for Kings Point have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.48 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.927 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.46 degrees.