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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 Luckie, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Luckie 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 Luckie:
- 33.614553, -85.240227
- 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 Luckie
- 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 Luckie is near Haralson County and also Cleburne County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Haralson County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cleburne 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 Luckie
Curious and Interesting Names Near Luckie ...
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.
- Cedar Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Cedar Valley is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Valley
- Double Branches
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Double Branches is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Double Branches
- Farmers High
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Farmers High is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmers High
- High Point
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- High Point is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Point
- Holly Heights
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Holly Heights is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Heights
- Hopewell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Hopewell is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
- Jake
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Jake is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jake
- Estimated population in 2019: 146 people
- Jonesville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Jonesville is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesville
- Plowshare ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Plowshare is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plowshare
- Riverbend
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Riverbend is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverbend
- Victory
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Victory is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victory
- Waco
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
How Far From Luckie 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 Luckie 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<2> community of Luckie once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Luckie and extending to:
- Carrollton, which is the Seat of Carroll County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Luckie to Carrollton, with an average speed<4> 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 49 miles [78.9 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 584 miles [939.9 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 23 days and walking would take 34 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,481 miles [10,430.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,186 miles [11,564.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,063 miles [8,148.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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 Luckie, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Luckie) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Luckie 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 Luckie. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.6146, Longitude: -85.2402 In this case, the coordinates for Luckie have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.75 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.231 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.653 degrees. |
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