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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 Longstreet, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Longstreet 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 Longstreet:
    • 33.383727, -84.664376
    • 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 Longstreet
  • 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 Coweta County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Coweta County
    • Since Longstreet is near Fayette County and also Fulton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Fayette 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 Longstreet

Communities Also Named Longstreet ...

We found six communities that are also named Longstreet.

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

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

  • Communities Located In Georgia ...
    • Pulaski 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 Longstreet [Pulaski County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Kentucky
      • Russell 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 Kentucky community of Longstreet [Russell County].
    • Louisiana
      • De Soto Parish
      • This Longstreet is located in De Soto Parish and lies 546 miles [878.7 km]<2> to the west of the Longstreet that is located in Coweta County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the De Soto Parish community of Longstreet.
    • Mississippi
      • Quitman County
      • This Longstreet is located in Quitman County and lies 329 miles [529.5 km]<2> to the west of the Longstreet that is located in Coweta County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Quitman County community of Longstreet.
    • Nevada
      • Nye County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Longstreet [Nye County].
    • Texas
      • Montgomery 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 Texas community of Longstreet [Montgomery County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Longstreet ...

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.

  • Clover
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Clover is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover
  • Clover Reach
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Clover Reach is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Reach
  • Cobblestone Creek
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Cobblestone Creek is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobblestone Creek
  • Edgewater
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Edgewater is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater
  • Fishers Bank
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Fishers Bank is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishers Bank
  • Golfview
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Golfview is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golfview
  • Greensway
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Greensway is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greensway
  • Major
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Major is located in Coweta County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Major
  • Overlook
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Overlook is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overlook
  • Peachtree City
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Piney Knoll
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Piney Knoll is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Knoll
  • Raymond
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Raymond is located in Coweta County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raymond
  • Continue List   (9 more) ...
    • Ridgelake
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Ridgelake is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgelake
    • Shoal Creek Forest
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Shoal Creek Forest is located in Coweta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoal Creek Forest
    • Spooner Ridge
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Spooner Ridge is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spooner Ridge
    • Spyglass Hill
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Spyglass Hill is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spyglass Hill
    • Sweetwater Oaks
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Sweetwater Oaks is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetwater Oaks
    • Twigs Corner
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Twigs Corner is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twigs Corner
    • Vineyard Crossroads
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Vineyard Crossroads is located in Coweta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vineyard Crossroads
    • Whispering Pines
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Whispering Pines is located in Coweta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whispering Pines
    • Wisdom Woods
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Wisdom Woods is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wisdom Woods

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

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

  • Newnan, which is the Seat of Coweta County, lies just to the West.
  • Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 30 miles [48.3 km]<2> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could walk a straight line from Longstreet to Atlanta, with an average speed<5> 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 570 miles [917.3 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,468 miles [10,409.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,170 miles [11,539 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,048 miles [8,124 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'

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 Longstreet 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- Longstreet) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Longstreet, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Longstreet 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 Longstreet. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.3837, Longitude: -84.6644       In this case, the coordinates for Longstreet have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.399 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.794 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.482 degrees.