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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 Mountaintown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mountaintown 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 Mountaintown:
- 34.755639, -84.560209
- 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 Mountaintown
- 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 Gilmer County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Gilmer County
- Since Mountaintown is near Murray County and also Fannin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Murray County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fannin 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 Mountaintown
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mountaintown ...
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.
- Cherry Log
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Chopped Oak
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Chopped Oak is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chopped Oak
- Dennis
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Dennis is located in Murray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennis
- Elders
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Elders is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elders
- Flat Branch
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Flat Branch is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Branch
- Fort Mountain ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Fort Mountain is located in Murray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Mountain
- Goose Island
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Goose Island is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goose Island
- Jones Mill ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Jones Mill is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Mill
- Pleasant Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Ratcliff ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Ratcliff is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ratcliff
- Roundtop
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Roundtop is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roundtop
- Turniptown ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Turniptown is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turniptown
How Far From Mountaintown to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Mountaintown to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Mountaintown and extending to:
- Ellijay, which is the Seat of Gilmer County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 69 miles [111 km]<2> to the south (S). If you could walk a straight line from Mountaintown to Atlanta, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 504 miles [811.1 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 20 days and walking would take 29 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,399 miles [10,298.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,107 miles [11,437.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,983 miles [8,019.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Mountaintown) 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 Mountaintown 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 Mountaintown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.7556, Longitude: -84.5602 In this case, the coordinates for Mountaintown have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.394 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.981 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.108 degrees. |
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