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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 Rodgers, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Rodgers 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 Rodgers:
    • 34.202336, -84.828565
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Rodgers
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Rodgers ...

We found three communities that share the name Rodgers.

Within Georgia, the name Rodgers is unique.

Beyond Georgia, we know of another three communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • DeKalb 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 Alabama community of Rodgers [DeKalb County].
    • Mississippi
      • Monroe County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Rodgers [Monroe County].
    • South Carolina
      • Clarendon County
      • This Rodgers is located in Clarendon County and lies 265 miles [426.5 km]<3> to the east of the Rodgers that is located in Bartow County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clarendon County community of Rodgers.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Rodgers ...

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.

  • Cartersville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Center
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Center have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center
    • Center is located in Bartow County
  • Double Springs ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Double Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Double Springs
    • Double Springs is located in Bartow County
  • Five Forks
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Five Forks have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Forks
    • Five Forks is located in Bartow County
  • Grassdale
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grassdale have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassdale
    • Grassdale is located in Bartow County
  • Happy Hollow
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Happy Hollow have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Hollow
    • Happy Hollow is located in Bartow County
  • Hidden Hills
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hidden Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Hills
    • Hidden Hills is located in Bartow County
  • Holly Spring
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holly Spring have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Spring
    • Holly Spring is located in Bartow County
  • Indian Valley
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Indian Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Valley
    • Indian Valley is located in Bartow County
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Jones Heights
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jones Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Heights
      • Jones Heights is located in Bartow County
    • Ladds
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ladds have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ladds
      • Ladds is located in Bartow County
    • Mission Hills
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mission Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission Hills
      • Mission Hills is located in Bartow County
    • Shallwood
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shallwood have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shallwood
      • Shallwood is located in Bartow County
    • Shellman ‑ Historic
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shellman have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shellman
      • Shellman is located in Bartow County
      • Estimated population in 2019: 933 people
    • Wildwood
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wildwood have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood
      • Wildwood is located in Bartow County

How Far From Rodgers to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Rodgers to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Rodgers and extending to:

  • Cartersville, which is the Seat of Bartow County, lies just to the Southeast.
  • Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 39 miles [62.8 km]<3> to the southeast (SE). If you could walk a straight line from Rodgers to Atlanta, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 539 miles [867.4 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 21 days and walking would take 31 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,436 miles [10,357.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,142 miles [11,493.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,019 miles [8,077.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Rodgers. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Bartow County: www.bartowga.org/

The official website for State of Georgia: https://georgia.gov/

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 Rodgers 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>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 Rodgers, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Rodgers) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Rodgers. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.2023, Longitude: -84.8286       In this case, the coordinates for Rodgers have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<6>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.
<7>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 Rodgers to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.533 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.063 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.352 degrees.









 

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