Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Pond Spring, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pond Spring and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Pond Spring

• 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 Pond Spring:
  • 34.822300, -85.325513
  • 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 Pond Spring

• 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 Walker County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Walker County
  • Since Pond Spring is near Catoosa County and also Dade County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Catoosa County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Dade 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 Pond Spring

Curious and Interesting Names Near Pond Spring ...

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.

• Cassandra
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Cassandra is located in Walker County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassandra
• Freetown ‑ Historic
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Freetown is located in Walker County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freetown
• Frick Gap ‑ Historic
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Frick Gap is located in Walker County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frick Gap
• Hall Mill
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Hall Mill is located in Walker County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hall Mill
• Haysville
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Haysville is located in Walker County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haysville
• Henrys ‑ Historic
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Henrys is located in Walker County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrys
• High Point
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • High Point is located in Walker County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Point
• Noble
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Noble is located in Walker County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noble
• Red Belt
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Red Belt is located in Catoosa County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Belt
• Robertsville
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Robertsville is located in Walker County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robertsville
• Rock Spring
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Rock Spring is located in Walker County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Spring
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rock Spring <1>
• Shadynook
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Shadynook is located in Walker County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadynook
• Valley Head
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Valley Head is located in Walker County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Head

How Far From Pond Spring 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 Pond Spring to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

• LaFayette, which is the Seat of Walker County, lies just to the South Southeast.
• Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 91 miles [146.5 km]<2> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Pond Spring to Atlanta, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 537 miles [864.2 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 21 days and walking would take 31 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,428 miles [10,344.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,138 miles [11,487.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,014 miles [8,069.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'