Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Mount Berry, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mount Berry and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Mount Berry

• 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 Mount Berry:
  • 34.275093, -85.183284
  • 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 Mount Berry

• 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 Floyd County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Floyd County
  • Since Mount Berry is near Polk County and also Bartow County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Polk County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Bartow 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 Mount Berry

Curious and Interesting Names Near Mount Berry ...

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.

• Chapel Hill
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Chapel Hill is located in Floyd County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill
• De Soto ‑ Historic
  (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • De Soto is located in Floyd County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Soto
• Fair Oaks
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Fair Oaks is located in Floyd County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Oaks
• Fieldwood
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Fieldwood is located in Floyd County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fieldwood
• Garden Lakes
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Garden Lakes is located in Floyd County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Lakes
• Maplewood
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Maplewood is located in Floyd County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
• Maplewood Park
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Maplewood Park is located in Floyd County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood Park
• Maplewood Square
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Maplewood Square is located in Floyd County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood Square
• Merry Acres
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Merry Acres is located in Floyd County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merry Acres
• Riverside Park
  (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Riverside Park is located in Floyd County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Park
• Sand Springs
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Sand Springs is located in Floyd County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Springs
• Summerville Park
  (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Summerville Park is located in Floyd County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerville Park
  • Estimated population in 2019: 4,243 people
• Widow Fools Ferry
  (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Widow Fools Ferry is located in Floyd County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Widow Fools Ferry

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Mount Berry and extending to:

• Rome, which is the Seat of Floyd County, lies just to the Southeast.
• Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 57 miles [91.7 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could walk a straight line from Mount Berry to Atlanta, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 552 miles [888.4 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 22 days and walking would take 32 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,448 miles [10,377.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,155 miles [11,514.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,032 miles [8,098.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'