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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 Old Ford Acres, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Old Ford Acres 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 Old Ford Acres:
    • 33.530113, -84.473261
    • 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 Old Ford Acres
  • 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 Fayette County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Fayette County
    • Since Old Ford Acres is near Fulton County and also Clayton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Fulton County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Clayton 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 Old Ford Acres

Curious and Interesting Names Near Old Ford Acres ...

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.

  • Beaver Creek
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Beaver Creek is located in Fulton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Creek
  • Christian Corners
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Christian Corners is located in Fulton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christian Corners
  • Cottonwood
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Cottonwood is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood
  • Dix - Leeson
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Dix - Leeson is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dix - Leeson
  • Evans Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Evans Park is located in Clayton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans Park
  • Frog Hollow
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Frog Hollow is located in Clayton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frog Hollow
  • Gamma
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Gamma is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gamma
  • Ginger Hills
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Ginger Hills is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ginger Hills
  • Graves Way
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Graves Way is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graves Way
  • Hickory Acres
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Hickory Acres is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Acres
  • Hollydale
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Hollydale is located in Clayton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollydale
  • Hopeful
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Hopeful is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopeful
  • Continue List   (5 more) ...
    • Kings Forest
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Kings Forest is located in Clayton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Forest
      • Estimated population in 2019: 17,949 people
    • Lees Mill
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Lees Mill is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lees Mill
    • Skylane Hills
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Skylane Hills is located in Clayton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skylane Hills
    • Smoke Ridge
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Smoke Ridge is located in Fulton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smoke Ridge
    • Timberlake
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Timberlake is located in Clayton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timberlake

How Far From Old Ford Acres 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 Old Ford Acres to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Fayetteville, which is the Seat of Fayette County, lies just to the South.
  • Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<1> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could walk a straight line from Old Ford Acres to Atlanta, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 555 miles [893.2 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 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 6,453 miles [10,385.1 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 5,033 miles [8,099.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'

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- Old Ford Acres) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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.
<3>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 Old Ford Acres 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 Old Ford Acres. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.5301, Longitude: -84.4733       In this case, the coordinates for Old Ford Acres have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.294 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.693 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.373 degrees.