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.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Knott
- 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.
- 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:
- 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:
- eBird sighting report for Meriwether County
- 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Knott ...
We found four communities that share the name Knott.
There is one other community in Georgia which is also named Knott.
Beyond Georgia, we know of another three communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Georgia ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
- Tennessee
- Texas
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)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Big Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Springs
- Big Springs is located in Troup County
- Creek Ridge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Creek Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creek Ridge
- Creek Ridge is located in Troup County
- Federal Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Federal Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Federal Hills
- Federal Hills is located in Troup County
- Hogg Mountain
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hogg Mountain have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hogg Mountain
- Hogg Mountain is located in Troup County
- Holly Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holly Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Hill
- Holly Hill is located in Troup County
- Lees Crossing
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lees Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lees Crossing
- Lees Crossing is located in Troup County
- Louise
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north) - Meadowlands
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meadowlands have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowlands
- Meadowlands is located in Troup County
- Old Chimney
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Old Chimney have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Chimney
- Old Chimney is located in Troup County
- Piney Hills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Piney Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Hills
- Piney Hills is located in Troup County
- Pleasant Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Pleasant Grove is located in Troup County
- Riverview
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest) - Continue List (5 more) ...
- Sassafrass Hills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sassafrass Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sassafrass Hills
- Sassafrass Hills is located in Troup County
- Estimated population in 2019: 255 people
- Sunny Point
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunny Point have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Point
- Sunny Point is located in Troup County
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,303 people
- View Pointe
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for View Pointe have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for View Pointe
- View Pointe is located in Troup County
- Wildwood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest) - Wood Valley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wood Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood Valley
- Wood Valley is located in Troup County
- Sassafrass Hills
How Far From Knott to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories 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<5> 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<6> 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).<7>
- 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).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,077 miles [8,170.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Knott. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Troup County: www.troupcountyga.org/
The official website for State of Georgia: https://georgia.gov/
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 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 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.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). |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.541 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.906 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.674 degrees. |