Outdoor Activities ...

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

When in Rose Garden Hills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Rose Garden Hills and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Rose Garden Hills

• 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 Rose Garden Hills:
  • 33.888437, -84.497153
  • 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 Rose Garden Hills

• 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 Cobb County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Cobb County
  • Since Rose Garden Hills is near Fulton County and also DeKalb County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Fulton County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for DeKalb 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 Rose Garden Hills

Curious and Interesting Names Near Rose Garden Hills ...

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.

• Chimney Trace
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Chimney Trace is located in Cobb County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chimney Trace
• Fair Oaks
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Fair Oaks is located in Cobb County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Oaks
• Farmstead
  (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Farmstead is located in Cobb County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmstead
• Greyfield
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Greyfield is located in Cobb County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greyfield
• Heritage
  (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Heritage is located in Cobb County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage
• Post Harbor
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Post Harbor is located in Cobb County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Harbor
• Post River
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Post River is located in Cobb County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post River
• Postwoods
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Postwoods is located in Cobb County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Postwoods
• Power Ferry
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Power Ferry is located in Cobb County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Power Ferry
• Riverwood
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Riverwood is located in Cobb County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverwood
• Shadowwood
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Shadowwood is located in Cobb County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadowwood
• Stonewall
  (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Stonewall is located in Cobb County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonewall
• Sun Valley
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Sun Valley is located in Cobb County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Valley
• Treetop
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Treetop is located in Cobb County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Treetop

How Far From Rose Garden Hills 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 Rose Garden Hills to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Rose Garden Hills and extending to:

• Marietta, which is the Seat of Cobb County, lies just to the Northwest.
• Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could walk a straight line from Rose Garden Hills to Atlanta, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
• 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<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,437 miles [10,359.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,141 miles [11,492.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,018 miles [8,075.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'