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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 Paradise Falls, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Paradise Falls 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 Paradise Falls:
- 33.817342, -83.498218
- 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 Paradise Falls
- 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 Oconee County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Oconee County
- Since Paradise Falls is near Morgan County and also Walton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Morgan County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Walton 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 Paradise Falls
Communities Also Named Paradise Falls ...
We found one communities that are also named Paradise Falls.
Within Georgia, the name Paradise Falls is unique.
Beyond Georgia, there is another community also named Paradise Falls in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Pennsylvania
- Monroe County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Paradise Falls [Monroe County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Paradise Falls ...
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.
- Bishop
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Elder Heights
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Elder Heights is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elder Heights
- Elder Ridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Elder Ridge is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elder Ridge
- High Shoals
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Hillcrest
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hillcrest is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
- Indian Hills
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Indian Hills is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Hills
- Laurel Chase
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Laurel Chase is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Chase
- Poplar Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Poplar Springs is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Springs
- Quail Run
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Quail Run is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Run
- Snows Mill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Snows Mill is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snows Mill
- Stonebridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Stonebridge is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonebridge
- Windy Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Windy Creek is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windy Creek
How Far From Paradise Falls 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 Paradise Falls to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Paradise Falls and extending to:
- Watkinsville, which is the Seat of Oconee County, lies just to the East Northeast.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 51 miles [82.1 km]<3> to the west (W). If you could walk a straight line from Paradise Falls to Atlanta, with an average speed<4> 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 most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 501 miles [806.3 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 29 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,398 miles [10,296.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,098 miles [11,423.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,977 miles [8,009.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Paradise Falls 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. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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- Paradise Falls) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Paradise Falls 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 Paradise Falls. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.8173, Longitude: -83.4982 In this case, the coordinates for Paradise Falls have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.736 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.091 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.923 degrees. |
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