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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 North Valley, we use the following websites to find information relevant to North Valley and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 North Valley:
    • 33.996502, -83.424048
    • 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 North Valley
  • 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 Clarke County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Clarke County
    • Since North Valley is near Jackson County and also Oconee County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Jackson County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Oconee 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 North Valley

Communities Also Named North Valley ...

We found six communities that are also named North Valley.

There is one other community in Georgia that is also named North Valley.

Beyond Georgia, we know of five communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these five communities, four are located in the United States and two are in Canada.

  • Communities Located In Georgia ...
    • Fulton County
      • This North Valley is located in Fulton County and lies 51 miles [82.1 km]<1> to the west northwest of the North Valley that is located in Clarke County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fulton County community of North Valley.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Nevada
      • Washoe County
      • This North Valley is located in Washoe County and lies 2,033 miles [3,271.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the North Valley that is located in Clarke County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washoe County community of North Valley.
    • New Mexico
      • Bernalillo County
      • This North Valley is located in Bernalillo County and lies 1,318 miles [2,121.1 km]<1> to the west of the North Valley that is located in Clarke County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bernalillo County community of North Valley.
    • Newfoundland and Labrador
      • This North Valley lies 1,814 miles [2,919.4 km]<1> to the northeast of the North Valley that is located in Clarke County.
    • Ontario
      • This North Valley lies 883 miles [1,421.1 km]<1> to the north northeast of the North Valley that is located in Clarke County.
    • Wisconsin
      • Polk County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of North Valley [Polk County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near North Valley ...

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.

  • Camelot
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Camelot is located in Clarke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot
  • Center
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Center is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center
  • Cherokee Forest
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Cherokee Forest is located in Clarke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Forest
  • Elder
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Elder is located in Clarke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elder
  • Holly Hills
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Holly Hills is located in Clarke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Hills
  • Kingswood
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Kingswood is located in Clarke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingswood
  • Quailwood
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Quailwood is located in Clarke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quailwood
  • Ramble Hills
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Ramble Hills is located in Clarke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramble Hills
  • Rebel Hill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Rebel Hill is located in Clarke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rebel Hill
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Rollingwood
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Rollingwood is located in Clarke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rollingwood
    • Rushwood
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Rushwood is located in Clarke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rushwood
    • Skyline Park
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Skyline Park is located in Clarke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyline Park
    • Stonemill Run
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Stonemill Run is located in Clarke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonemill Run
    • Tanglewood
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Tanglewood is located in Clarke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanglewood
    • Windy Hill
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Windy Hill is located in Clarke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windy Hill

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in North Valley and extending to:

  • Athens, which is the Seat of Clarke County, lies just to the Southeast.
  • Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 57 miles [91.7 km]<1> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could walk a straight line from North Valley to Atlanta, with an average speed<3> 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 490 miles [788.6 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 28 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,386 miles [10,277.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,087 miles [11,405.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,966 miles [7,992 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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- North Valley) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 North Valley 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.
<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 North Valley 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 North Valley. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.9965, Longitude: -83.4240       In this case, the coordinates for North Valley have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.699 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.073 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.849 degrees.