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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 Lenora, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lenora 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 Lenora:
    • 33.803163, -84.003245
    • 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 Lenora
  • 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 Gwinnett County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Gwinnett County
    • Since Lenora is near Rockdale County and also Walton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Rockdale County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Walton 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 Lenora

Communities Also Named Lenora ...

We found five communities that are also named Lenora.

There is one other community in Georgia that is also named Lenora.

Beyond Georgia, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Georgia ...
    • Coweta 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 Lenora [Coweta County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Choctaw 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 Alabama community of Lenora [Choctaw County].
    • Kansas
      • Norton County
      • This Lenora is located in Norton County and lies 970 miles [1,561.1 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Lenora that is located in Gwinnett County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Norton County community of Lenora.
    • Minnesota
      • Fillmore County
      • This Lenora is located in Fillmore County and lies 796 miles [1,281 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Lenora that is located in Gwinnett County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fillmore County community of Lenora.
    • Oklahoma
      • Dewey County
      • This Lenora is located in Dewey County and lies 865 miles [1,392.1 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Lenora that is located in Gwinnett County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dewey County community of Lenora.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Lenora ...

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.

  • Centerville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Centerville is located in Gwinnett County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
    • Estimated population in 2019: 7,884 people
  • Falcon Ridge
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Falcon Ridge is located in Gwinnett County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falcon Ridge
  • Mason Woods
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Mason Woods is located in Gwinnett County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason Woods
  • Meadow Hills
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Meadow Hills is located in Gwinnett County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Hills
  • Mountain Cove
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Mountain Cove is located in Gwinnett County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Cove
  • Rock Bridge
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Rock Bridge is located in Gwinnett County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Bridge
  • Rose Garden
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Rose Garden is located in Gwinnett County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Garden
  • Rosebud
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Rosebud is located in Walton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosebud
  • Scenic Mountain
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Scenic Mountain is located in Gwinnett County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scenic Mountain
  • Summer Place
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Summer Place is located in Gwinnett County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer Place
  • Summit Chase
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Summit Chase is located in Gwinnett County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Chase
  • Timber Trace
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Timber Trace is located in Gwinnett County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Trace
  • Twin Village
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Twin Village is located in Gwinnett County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Village
  • Williams Place
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Williams Place is located in Gwinnett County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Place

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

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

  • Lawrenceville, which is the Seat of Gwinnett County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Lenora to Lawrenceville, with an average speed<3> 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 22 miles [35.4 km] to the west (W). The buggy would take most of a day and walking would take just over a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 523 miles [841.7 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 30 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,420 miles [10,332 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,122 miles [11,461.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,000 miles [8,046.7 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Lenora 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- Lenora) 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 Lenora 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 Lenora. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.8032, Longitude: -84.0032       In this case, the coordinates for Lenora have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.03 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.428 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.123 degrees.