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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 Lang, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lang 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 Lang:
    • 33.606221, -84.931607
    • 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 Lang
  • 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 Carroll County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Carroll County
    • Since Lang is near Douglas County and also Coweta County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Douglas County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Coweta 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 Lang

Communities Also Named Lang ...

We found six communities that are also named Lang.

Within Georgia, the name Lang is unique.

Beyond Georgia, we know of six communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these six communities, four are located in the United States and two are in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Los Angeles County
      • This Lang is located in Los Angeles County and lies 1,906 miles [3,067.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Lang that is located in Carroll County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Los Angeles County community of Lang.
    • Kansas
      • Lyon County
      • This Lang is located in Lyon County and lies 706 miles [1,136.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Lang that is located in Carroll County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lyon County community of Lang.
    • Maine
      • Franklin 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 Maine community of Lang [Franklin County].
    • Ohio
      • Lucas 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 Ohio community of Lang [Lucas County].
    • Ontario
      • This Lang lies 820 miles [1,319.7 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Lang that is located in Carroll County.
    • Saskatchewan
      • This Lang lies 1,497 miles [2,409.2 km]<1> to the northwest of the Lang that is located in Carroll County.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Lang ...

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.

  • Cross Plains
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Cross Plains is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Plains
  • Dingler Crossroads
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Dingler Crossroads is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dingler Crossroads
  • Emily ‑ Historic
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Emily is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emily
  • Fairplay
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Fairplay is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairplay
  • Five Points
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Five Points is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
  • Hodge ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Hodge is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hodge
  • Ithaca
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Ithaca is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ithaca
  • Knob Hill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Knob Hill is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knob Hill
  • Links of Leith
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Links of Leith is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Links of Leith
  • Sand Hill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Sand Hill is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Hill
  • Shady Grove
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Shady Grove is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
  • Sweetwater Bluff
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Sweetwater Bluff is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetwater Bluff

How Far From Lang 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 Lang 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<3> community of Lang once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Lang and extending to:

  • Carrollton, which is the Seat of Carroll County, lies just to the West Southwest.
  • Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 32 miles [51.5 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could walk a straight line from Lang to Atlanta, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 571 miles [918.9 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 23 days and walking would take 33 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,469 miles [10,410.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,172 miles [11,542.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,050 miles [8,127.2 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Lang) 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 Lang 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 Lang, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Lang 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 Lang. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.6062, Longitude: -84.9316       In this case, the coordinates for Lang have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.567 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.019 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.534 degrees.