RoadsideThoughts
A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada
Home >> State of Georgia >> Fulton County >> North Valley >> Tidbits & TriviaIndex...

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:
    • 34.149264, -84.301312
    • 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 Fulton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Fulton County
    • Since North Valley is near Cherokee County and also Forsyth County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cherokee County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Forsyth 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 ...
    • Clarke County
      • This North Valley is located in Clarke County and lies 51 miles [82.1 km]<1> to the east southeast of the North Valley that is located in Fulton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clarke County community of North Valley.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Nevada
      • Washoe County
      • This North Valley is located in Washoe County and lies 1,983 miles [3,191.3 km]<1> to the west northwest of the North Valley that is located in Fulton 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 1,267 miles [2,039 km]<1> to the west of the North Valley that is located in Fulton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bernalillo County community of North Valley.
    • Newfoundland and Labrador
      • This North Valley lies 1,846 miles [2,970.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the North Valley that is located in Fulton County.
    • Ontario
      • This North Valley lies 898 miles [1,445.2 km]<1> to the north northeast of the North Valley that is located in Fulton 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.

  • Bentgrass Farms
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Bentgrass Farms is located in Fulton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bentgrass Farms
  • Christophers Run
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Christophers Run is located in Fulton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christophers Run
  • Crabapple
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Crabapple is located in Fulton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crabapple
  • Drew
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Drew is located in Forsyth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drew
  • Fields Crossroads
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Fields Crossroads is located in Fulton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fields Crossroads
  • Free Home
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Free Home is located in Cherokee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Free Home
  • Hardman Place
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Hardman Place is located in Cherokee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardman Place
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 3,930 people
  • Hopewell
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Hopewell is located in Fulton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
  • Mars Hill Crossroads
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Mars Hill Crossroads is located in Forsyth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mars Hill Crossroads
  • Sunnybrook Farms
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Sunnybrook Farms is located in Fulton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnybrook Farms
  • Sweet Apple Crossing
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Sweet Apple Crossing is located in Fulton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Apple Crossing
  • Tomahawk
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Tomahawk is located in Cherokee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tomahawk
  • Union Hill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Union Hill is located in Cherokee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Hill
  • Wood Valley
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Wood Valley is located in Fulton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood Valley

How Far From North Valley 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 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:

  • Atlanta, which is the Seat of Fulton County, lies 27 miles [43.5 km]<1> to the south. 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 just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
  • Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 27 miles [43.5 km] to the south (S). The buggy would take just over a day and walking would take just about two full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 519 miles [835.2 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,417 miles [10,327.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,121 miles [11,460.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,998 miles [8,043.5 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 drawn 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 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 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: 34.1493, Longitude: -84.3013       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 312.218 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.693 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.155 degrees.