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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 Lakeside Hills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lakeside Hills 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 Lakeside Hills:
    • 34.059822, -84.544099
    • 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 Lakeside Hills
  • 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 Cobb County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cobb County
    • Since Lakeside Hills is near Cherokee County and also Fulton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cherokee 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 Lakeside Hills

Communities Also Named Lakeside Hills ...

We found three communities that are also named Lakeside Hills.

There are two communities within Georgia that are also named Lakeside Hills.

Beyond Georgia, there is another community also named Lakeside Hills in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Georgia ...
    • Bibb County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Lakeside Hills [Bibb County].
    • Clarke County
      • This Lakeside Hills is located in Clarke County and lies 70 miles [112.7 km]<2> to the east of the Lakeside Hills that is located in Cobb County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clarke County community of Lakeside Hills.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Virginia
      • Henrico County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Lakeside Hills [Henrico County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Lakeside Hills ...

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.

  • Cherokee Forest
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Cherokee Forest is located in Cherokee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Forest
  • Chestnut Hill
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Chestnut Hill is located in Cobb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Hill
  • Creek View
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Creek View is located in Cherokee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creek View
  • Cross Creek
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Cross Creek is located in Cherokee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Creek
  • Falcon Hills
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Falcon Hills is located in Cobb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falcon Hills
  • Heritage Farms
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Heritage Farms is located in Cobb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Farms
  • Hickory Forest
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Hickory Forest is located in Cobb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Forest
  • Independence Walk
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Independence Walk is located in Cherokee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence Walk
  • Joshua Landing
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Joshua Landing is located in Cherokee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joshua Landing
  • Kings Crossing
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Kings Crossing is located in Cobb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Crossing
  • Land of Lakes
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Land of Lakes is located in Cherokee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Land of Lakes
  • Mountain Ridge
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Mountain Ridge is located in Cherokee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Ridge
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Noonday
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Noonday is located in Cobb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noonday
      • Estimated population in 2019: 16,592 people
    • Shadowbrook
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Shadowbrook is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadowbrook
    • Skyridge
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Skyridge is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyridge
      • Estimated population in 2019: 273 people
    • Trickum Hills
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Trickum Hills is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trickum Hills
    • Willow Creek
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Willow Creek is located in Cobb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Creek
    • Woodwind Station
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Woodwind Station is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodwind Station

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

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

  • Marietta, which is the Seat of Cobb County, lies just to the South.
  • Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 22 miles [35.4 km]<2> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could walk a straight line from Lakeside Hills to Atlanta, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day 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 533 miles [857.8 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 21 days and walking would take 31 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,431 miles [10,349.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,136 miles [11,484.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,013 miles [8,067.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Lakeside Hills 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.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Lakeside Hills) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Lakeside Hills 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 Lakeside Hills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.0598, Longitude: -84.5441       In this case, the coordinates for Lakeside Hills have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.358 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.842 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.273 degrees.