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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 Miralia, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Miralia 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 Miralia:
    • 33.837327, -84.478819
    • 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 Miralia
  • 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 Cobb County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cobb County
    • Since Miralia is near Fulton County and also DeKalb County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Fulton County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for DeKalb 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 Miralia

Communities Also Named Miralia ...

We found one communities that are also named Miralia.

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

Beyond Georgia.

  • Communities Located In Georgia ...
    • Fulton 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 Miralia [Fulton County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Miralia ...

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.

  • Bolton
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Bolton is located in Fulton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolton
  • De Foor Ferry
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • De Foor Ferry is located in Cobb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Foor Ferry
  • Ellen
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Ellen is located in Fulton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellen
  • Farmstead
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Farmstead is located in Cobb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmstead
  • Grove Park
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Grove Park is located in Fulton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Park
  • Heritage
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Heritage is located in Cobb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage
  • Hills Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Hills Park is located in Fulton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hills Park
  • Magnolia
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Magnolia is located in Fulton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
  • Nelsons Ferry
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Nelsons Ferry is located in Cobb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelsons Ferry
    • Estimated population in 2019: 1,377 people
  • Nickajack ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Nickajack is located in Cobb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nickajack
  • Post Harbor
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Post Harbor is located in Cobb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Harbor
  • Post River
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Post River is located in Cobb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post River
  • Continue List   (8 more) ...
    • Postwoods
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Postwoods is located in Cobb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Postwoods
    • Power Ferry
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Power Ferry is located in Cobb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Power Ferry
    • Riverwood
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Riverwood is located in Cobb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverwood
    • Rockdale
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Rockdale is located in Fulton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale
    • Rose Garden Hills
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Rose Garden Hills is located in Cobb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Garden Hills
    • Shadowwood
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Shadowwood is located in Cobb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadowwood
    • Stonewall
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Stonewall is located in Cobb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonewall
    • Treetop
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Treetop is located in Cobb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Treetop

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Miralia and extending to:

  • Marietta, which is the Seat of Cobb County, lies just to the North Northwest.
  • Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies just to the southeast (SE).
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 541 miles [870.7 km]<2> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Miralia to White House, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 31 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 22 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,439 miles [10,362.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,142 miles [11,493.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,020 miles [8,078.9 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 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 Miralia 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Miralia) 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 Miralia 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 Miralia. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.8373, Longitude: -84.4788       In this case, the coordinates for Miralia have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.311 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.756 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.301 degrees.