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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 Ranch, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lake Ranch 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 Lake Ranch:
- 34.338432, -83.918794
- 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 Ranch
- 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 Lake Ranch is near Forsyth County and also Dawson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Forsyth County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dawson 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 Ranch
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lake Ranch ...
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 Oak
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Big Oak is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Oak
- Cherokee Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Cherokee Hills is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Hills
- Cherokee Trail
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Cherokee Trail is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Trail
- Crown Point
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Crown Point is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown Point
- Destitute Acres
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Destitute Acres is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Destitute Acres
- Green Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Green Hills is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hills
- Greystone
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Greystone is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greystone
- Happy Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Happy Valley is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Valley
- Holiday Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Holiday Hills is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Hills
- Indian Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Indian Hills is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Hills
- Keith Ferry
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Keith Ferry is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keith Ferry
- Looper Lake
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Looper Lake is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Looper Lake
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Price
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Price is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price
- Scoutland
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Scoutland is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scoutland
- Squirrel Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Squirrel Creek is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squirrel Creek
- Summer Point
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Summer Point is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer Point
- Estimated population in 2019: 158 people
- Tanner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Tanner is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanner
- Twin Rivers
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Twin Rivers is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Rivers
- Wahoo Forest
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Wahoo Forest is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wahoo Forest
- Wahoo Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Wahoo Valley is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wahoo Valley
- Wolfs Head
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Wolfs Head is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolfs Head
How Far From Lake Ranch 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 Lake Ranch to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Lake Ranch and extending to:
- Gainesville, which is the Seat of Hall County, lies just to the East Southeast.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 48 miles [77.2 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could walk a straight line from Lake Ranch to Atlanta, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full 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 494 miles [795 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<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,392 miles [10,286.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,095 miles [11,418.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,973 miles [8,003.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Lake Ranch) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Ranch 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 Ranch. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.3384, Longitude: -83.9188 In this case, the coordinates for Lake Ranch have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.00 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.468 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.957 degrees. |
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