|
Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Mountain Woods, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mountain Woods 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 Mountain Woods:
- 33.845937, -84.190752
- 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 Mountain Woods
- 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 DeKalb County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for DeKalb County
- Since Mountain Woods is near Gwinnett County and also Fulton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Gwinnett 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 Mountain Woods
Communities Also Named Mountain Woods ...
We found one communities that are also named Mountain Woods.
Within Georgia, the name Mountain Woods is unique.
Beyond Georgia, there is another community also named Mountain Woods in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Jefferson 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 Alabama community of Mountain Woods [Jefferson County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mountain Woods ...
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.
- Choice ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Choice is located in Gwinnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choice
- Four Winds
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Four Winds is located in Gwinnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Winds
- Hunters Glen
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Hunters Glen is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Glen
- Kings Mountain
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Kings Mountain is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Mountain
- Mountain Brooke
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Mountain Brooke is located in Gwinnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Brooke
- Mountain Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Mountain Park is located in Gwinnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Park
- Patriots Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Patriots Hill is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patriots Hill
- Pebble Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Pebble Creek is located in Gwinnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pebble Creek
- Silver Ridge
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Silver Ridge is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Ridge
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Smoke Rise
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Smoke Rise is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smoke Rise
- Smoketree
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Smoketree is located in Gwinnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smoketree
- Stone Mill Run
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Stone Mill Run is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Mill Run
- Stone Mountain
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Trickem
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Trickem is located in Gwinnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trickem
- Tucker
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
How Far From Mountain Woods 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 Mountain Woods to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Mountain Woods and extending to:
- Decatur, which is the Seat of DeKalb County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could walk a straight line from Mountain Woods to Atlanta, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 528 miles [849.7 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 21 days and walking would take 30 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,426 miles [10,341.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,129 miles [11,473 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,007 miles [8,058 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 Mountain Woods 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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 from Point A (ie- Mountain Woods) 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 Mountain Woods 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 Mountain Woods. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.8459, Longitude: -84.1908 In this case, the coordinates for Mountain Woods have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.142 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.562 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.186 degrees. |
|
|