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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 Landrum, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Landrum 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 Landrum:
- 34.414262, -84.019354
- 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 Landrum
- 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 Dawson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dawson County
- Since Landrum is near Hall County and also Lumpkin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hall County
- Open the 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:
- Open the Waymark.com report for Landrum
Communities Also Named Landrum ...
We found five communities that are also named Landrum.
Within Georgia, the name Landrum is unique.
Beyond Georgia, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
- Citrus County
- This Landrum is located in Citrus County and lies 402 miles [647 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Landrum that is located in Dawson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Citrus County community of Landrum.
- Kansas
- Clark 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 Kansas community of Landrum [Clark County].
- Missouri
- Lawrence County
- This Landrum is located in Lawrence County and lies 583 miles [938.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Landrum that is located in Dawson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lawrence County community of Landrum.
- South Carolina
- Spartanburg County
- This Landrum is located in Spartanburg County and lies 116 miles [186.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Landrum that is located in Dawson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Spartanburg County community of Landrum.
- Texas
- Cameron County
- This Landrum is located in Cameron County and lies 998 miles [1,606.1 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Landrum that is located in Dawson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cameron County community of Landrum.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Landrum ...
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
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Big Oak is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Oak
- Buckhorn Tavern
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Buckhorn Tavern is located in Lumpkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckhorn Tavern
- Cherokee Hills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Cherokee Hills is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Hills
- Dawsonville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Halfway ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Halfway is located in Lumpkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway
- Holiday Hills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Holiday Hills is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Hills
- Indian Hills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Indian Hills is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Hills
- Lake Ranch
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Ranch is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Ranch
- Lake Shore
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Lake Shore is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Shore
- Leisure Lake
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Leisure Lake is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisure Lake
- Lumpkin
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Lumpkin is located in Dawson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lumpkin
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,266 people
- Price
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Price is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Silver City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Silver City is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
- Squirrel Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Squirrel Creek is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squirrel Creek
- Wahoo Forest
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Wahoo Forest is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wahoo Forest
- Wahoo Valley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Wahoo Valley is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wahoo Valley
How Far From Landrum 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 Landrum to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Landrum and extending to:
- Dawsonville, which is the Seat of Dawson County, lies just to the West.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 50 miles [80.5 km]<1> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could walk a straight line from Landrum to Atlanta, with an average speed<4> 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 most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 495 miles [796.6 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 29 days.
- The shortest distance<5> 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).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,097 miles [11,421.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,974 miles [8,004.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Landrum) 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 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 Landrum 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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Landrum 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 Landrum. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.4143, Longitude: -84.0194 In this case, the coordinates for Landrum have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.062 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.55 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.978 degrees. |
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