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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 Peachtree Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Peachtree Park 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 Peachtree Park:
- 33.843993, -84.359648
- 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 Peachtree Park
- 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 Peachtree Park is near DeKalb County and also Cobb County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for DeKalb County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cobb 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 Peachtree Park
Curious and Interesting Names Near Peachtree Park ...
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.
- Bolton
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Bolton is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolton
- Coldstream
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Coldstream is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldstream
- Copen Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Copen Hill is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copen Hill
- De Foor Ferry
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- De Foor Ferry is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Foor Ferry
- Derby Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Derby Hill is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derby Hill
- Edwardsville ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Edwardsville is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwardsville
- Ellen
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Ellen is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellen
- Forest Valley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Forest Valley is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Valley
- Hills Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Hills Park is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hills Park
- Misty Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Misty Ridge is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Misty Ridge
- Oak Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Oak Grove is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Postwoods
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Postwoods is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Postwoods
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Powers Lane
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Powers Lane is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powers Lane
- Rockdale
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Rockdale is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale
- Sandy Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Starlight Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Starlight Hills is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starlight Hills
- Virginia Highlands
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Virginia Highlands is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virginia Highlands
How Far From Peachtree Park 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 Peachtree Park to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<2> community of Peachtree Park once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Peachtree Park and extending to:
- Atlanta, which is the Seat of Fulton County, lies just to the South Southwest.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies just to the south southwest (SSW).
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 535 miles [861 km]<3> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Peachtree Park to White House, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 31 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 21 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,433 miles [10,352.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,136 miles [11,484.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,014 miles [8,069.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Peachtree Park, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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- Peachtree Park) 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 Peachtree Park 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 Peachtree Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.8440, Longitude: -84.3596 In this case, the coordinates for Peachtree Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.241 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.676 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.253 degrees. |
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