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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 Looper Lake, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Looper Lake 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 Looper Lake:
- 34.340655, -83.879347
- 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 Looper Lake
- 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:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hall County
- Since Looper Lake is near Forsyth County and also Lumpkin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Forsyth 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 Looper Lake
Curious and Interesting Names Near Looper Lake ...
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
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Big Oak is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Oak
- Blueberry Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Blueberry Hills is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blueberry Hills
- Cherokee Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cherokee Hills is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Hills
- Cherokee Meadows
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cherokee Meadows is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Meadows
- Crown Point
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Crown Point is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown Point
- Destitute Acres
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Destitute Acres is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Destitute Acres
- Green Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Green Hills is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hills
- Greystone
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Greystone is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greystone
- Happy Valley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Happy Valley is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Valley
- Holiday Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Holiday Hills is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Hills
- Indian Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Indian Hills is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Hills
- Lake Ranch
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Lake Ranch is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Ranch
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Price
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Price is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price
- River Point
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- River Point is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Point
- Riverbend
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Riverbend is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverbend
- Scoutland
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Scoutland is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scoutland
- Shady Lane
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Shady Lane is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Lane
- Squirrel Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Squirrel Creek is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squirrel Creek
- Summer Point
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Summer Point is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer Point
- Estimated population in 2019: 158 people
- Sunset Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Sunset Heights is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Heights
- Wahoo Valley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Wahoo Valley is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wahoo Valley
- Wolfs Head
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Wolfs Head is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolfs Head
How Far From Looper Lake to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Looper Lake to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Looper Lake and extending to:
- Gainesville, which is the Seat of Hall County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 49 miles [78.9 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could walk a straight line from Looper Lake to Atlanta, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full 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 492 miles [791.8 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 28 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,390 miles [10,283.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,094 miles [11,416.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,971 miles [8,000 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
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 from Point A (ie- Looper Lake) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Looper Lake 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 Looper Lake. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.3407, Longitude: -83.8793 In this case, the coordinates for Looper Lake have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.977 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.442 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.941 degrees. |
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