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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 Lake Estates, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lake Estates 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 Lake Estates:
    • 33.756496, -84.644656
    • 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 Lake Estates
  • 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 Lake Estates is near Cobb County and also Fulton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cobb County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Fulton 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 Lake Estates

Communities Also Named Lake Estates ...

We found two communities that are also named Lake Estates.

Within Georgia, the name Lake Estates is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Illinois
      • Williamson County
      • This Lake Estates is located in Williamson County and lies 358 miles [576.1 km]<1> to the northwest of the Lake Estates that is located in Douglas County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Williamson County community of Lake Estates.
    • Texas
      • Montgomery 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 Texas community of Lake Estates [Montgomery County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Lake Estates ...

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.

  • Chestnut Log
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Chestnut Log is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Log
  • County Line Heights
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • County Line Heights is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for County Line Heights
  • County Line Place
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • County Line Place is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for County Line Place
  • Creelwood
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Creelwood is located in Cobb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creelwood
  • English Heights
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • English Heights is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Heights
  • Furniture City
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Furniture City is located in Cobb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furniture City
  • Heritage Square
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Heritage Square is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Square
  • High Point
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • High Point is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Point
  • Ivy Point
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Ivy Point is located in Cobb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivy Point
  • Kennedy
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Kennedy is located in Cobb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennedy
  • Meadowview
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Meadowview is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowview
  • Park Forest
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Park Forest is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Forest
  • Continue List   (10 more) ...
    • Pine Creek
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Pine Creek is located in Cobb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Creek
    • Rocky Hills
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Rocky Hills is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Hills
    • Rolling Hills
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Rolling Hills is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Hills
    • Saddleback Ridge
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Saddleback Ridge is located in Cobb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saddleback Ridge
    • Sandtown ‑ Historic
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Sandtown is located in Fulton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandtown
    • Skyview
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Skyview is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyview
    • Songwood
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Songwood is located in Cobb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Songwood
    • Stoneybrook
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Stoneybrook is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoneybrook
    • Sunset Hill
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Sunset Hill is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Hill
    • Trail Creek
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Trail Creek is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trail Creek

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

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

  • Douglasville, which is the Seat of Douglas County, lies just to the West.
  • Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could walk a straight line from Lake Estates to Atlanta, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 552 miles [888.4 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 6,449 miles [10,378.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,153 miles [11,511.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,031 miles [8,096.6 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 from Point A (ie- Lake Estates) 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Lake Estates 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 Lake Estates 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 Lake Estates. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.7565, Longitude: -84.6447       In this case, the coordinates for Lake Estates have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.405 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.853 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.386 degrees.