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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 Knott, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Knott 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 Knott:
    • 33.011792, -84.937991
    • 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 Knott
  • 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 Troup County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Troup County
    • Since Knott is near Meriwether County and also Harris County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Meriwether County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Harris 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 Knott

Communities Also Named Knott ...

We found four communities that are also named Knott.

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

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

  • Communities Located In Georgia ...
    • Fulton County
      • This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Knott [Fulton County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Florida
      • Palm Beach 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 Florida community of Knott [Palm Beach County].
    • Tennessee
      • Meigs 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 Tennessee community of Knott [Meigs County].
    • Texas
      • Howard County
      • This Knott is located in Howard County and lies 970 miles [1,561.1 km]<3> to the west of the Knott that is located in Troup County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Howard County community of Knott.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Knott ...

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 Springs
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Big Springs is located in Troup County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Springs
  • Creek Ridge
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Creek Ridge is located in Troup County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creek Ridge
  • Federal Hills
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Federal Hills is located in Troup County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Federal Hills
  • Hogg Mountain
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Hogg Mountain is located in Troup County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hogg Mountain
  • Holly Hill
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Holly Hill is located in Troup County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Hill
  • Lees Crossing
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Lees Crossing is located in Troup County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lees Crossing
  • Louise
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Louise is located in Troup County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louise
    • Estimated population in 2019: 2,215 people
  • Meadowlands
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Meadowlands is located in Troup County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowlands
  • Old Chimney
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Old Chimney is located in Troup County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Chimney
  • Piney Hills
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Piney Hills is located in Troup County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Hills
  • Pleasant Grove
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Pleasant Grove is located in Troup County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
  • Riverview
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Riverview is located in Troup County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
  • Continue List   (5 more) ...
    • Sassafrass Hills
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Sassafrass Hills is located in Troup County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sassafrass Hills
      • Estimated population in 2019: 255 people
    • Sunny Point
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Sunny Point is located in Troup County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Point
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 1,303 people
    • View Pointe
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • View Pointe is located in Troup County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for View Pointe
    • Wildwood
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Wildwood is located in Troup County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood
    • Wood Valley
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Wood Valley is located in Troup County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood Valley

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

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

  • LaGrange, which is the Seat of Troup County, lies just to the West Northwest.
  • Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 60 miles [96.6 km]<3> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could walk a straight line from Knott to Atlanta, with an average speed<4> 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 about three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 599 miles [964 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 24 days and walking would take 34 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,497 miles [10,455.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,198 miles [11,584.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,077 miles [8,170.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Knott, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Knott 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>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- Knott) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Knott 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 Knott. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.0118, Longitude: -84.9380       In this case, the coordinates for Knott have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.541 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.906 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.674 degrees.