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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 Tallapoosa, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Old Tallapoosa 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 Tallapoosa:
    • 33.754272, -85.295786
    • 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 Tallapoosa
  • 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 Haralson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Haralson County
    • Since Old Tallapoosa is near Cleburne County and also Carroll County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cleburne County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Carroll 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 Tallapoosa

Curious and Interesting Names Near Old Tallapoosa ...

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.

  • Caseyville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Caseyville is located in Polk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caseyville
  • Coldwater
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Coldwater is located in Cleburne County (AL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldwater
  • Dugdown
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Dugdown is located in Haralson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dugdown
  • High Point
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • High Point is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Point
  • Hopewell
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Hopewell is located in Cleburne County (AL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
  • Jake
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Jake is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jake
    • Estimated population in 2019: 146 people
  • Little Creek
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Little Creek is located in Haralson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Creek
  • Luckie ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Luckie is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luckie
  • Mars Hill
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Mars Hill is located in Cleburne County (AL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mars Hill
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Piney Woods
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Piney Woods is located in Cleburne County (AL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Woods
    • Plainview
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Plainview is located in Cleburne County (AL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview
    • Poplar Springs
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Poplar Springs is located in Haralson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Springs
    • Tabernacle
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Tabernacle is located in Haralson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabernacle
    • Treat ‑ Historic
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Treat is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Treat
    • Waco
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Waco is located in Haralson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waco
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 532 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Waco <1>

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Old Tallapoosa and extending to:

  • Buchanan, which is the Seat of Haralson County, lies just to the East Northeast.
  • Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 52 miles [83.7 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could walk a straight line from Old Tallapoosa 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 580 miles [933.4 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 23 days and walking would take 33 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,477 miles [10,423.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,182 miles [11,558.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,060 miles [8,143.3 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Old Tallapoosa) 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 Old Tallapoosa 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 Tallapoosa. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.7543, Longitude: -85.2958       In this case, the coordinates for Old Tallapoosa have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.79 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.296 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.643 degrees.