Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Land, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Land and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Land
- 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 Land:
- 34.442752, -83.80676
- 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 Land
- 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:
- eBird sighting report for Hall County
- Since Land is near White County and also Lumpkin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for White County
- eBird sighting report for Lumpkin 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 Land ...
We found four communities that share the name Land.
Within Georgia, the name Land is unique.
Beyond Georgia, we know of another four communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Arizona
- California
- South Carolina
Curious and Interesting Names Near Land ...
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.
- Beaver Pond
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beaver Pond have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Pond
- Beaver Pond is located in Hall County
- Big Oak
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest) - Blueberry Hills
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blueberry Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blueberry Hills
- Blueberry Hills is located in Hall County
- Centerside
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Centerside have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerside
- Centerside is located in White County
- Cherokee Meadows
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cherokee Meadows have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Meadows
- Cherokee Meadows is located in Hall County
- Destitute Acres
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Destitute Acres have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Destitute Acres
- Destitute Acres is located in Hall County
- Greystone
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest) - Griffin Heights
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Griffin Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffin Heights
- Griffin Heights is located in Hall County
- Halfway ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest) - Happy Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Happy Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Valley
- Happy Valley is located in Hall County
- Heather Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Heather Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heather Heights
- Heather Heights is located in Hall County
- Indian Hills
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Indian Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Hills
- Indian Hills is located in Hall County
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- Lake Watch
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake Watch have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Watch
- Lake Watch is located in Hall County
- Oculus ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north) - Pine Point
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pine Point have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Point
- Pine Point is located in Hall County
- Quiet Place in the Woods
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Quiet Place in the Woods have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quiet Place in the Woods
- Quiet Place in the Woods is located in Hall County
- River Point
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for River Point have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Point
- River Point is located in Hall County
- River Run
(Less than 2 miles to the south) - Shady Lane
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shady Lane have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Lane
- Shady Lane is located in Hall County
- Shamrock Heights
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shamrock Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shamrock Heights
- Shamrock Heights is located in Hall County
- Squirrel Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Squirrel Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squirrel Creek
- Squirrel Creek is located in Hall County
- Wahoo Forest
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wahoo Forest have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wahoo Forest
- Wahoo Forest is located in Hall County
- Wahoo Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wahoo Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wahoo Valley
- Wahoo Valley is located in Hall County
- Lake Watch
How Far From Land to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Land to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic community of Land once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Land and extending to:
- Gainesville, which is the Seat of Hall County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Land to Gainesville, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 58 miles [93.3 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 484 miles [778.9 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 19 days and walking would take 28 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,382 miles [10,270.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,086 miles [11,403.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,964 miles [7,988.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Hall County: www.hallcounty.org/
The official website for State of Georgia: https://georgia.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Land) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Land. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.4428, Longitude: -83.8068 In this case, the coordinates for Land have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Land 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> | 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 Land, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 Land 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 311.937 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.411 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.886 degrees. |