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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 Roving Hills Estates, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Roving Hills Estates 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 Roving Hills Estates:
- 34.195652, -84.786049
- 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 Roving Hills Estates
- 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 Bartow County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bartow County
- Since Roving Hills Estates is near Cherokee County and also Cobb County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cherokee 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 Roving Hills Estates
Curious and Interesting Names Near Roving Hills Estates ...
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
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Center
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Center is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center
- Double Springs ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Double Springs is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Double Springs
- Happy Hollow
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Happy Hollow is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Hollow
- Hidden Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Hidden Hills is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Hills
- Holly Spring
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Holly Spring is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Spring
- Ladds
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Ladds is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ladds
- Mission Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mission Hills is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission Hills
- Rodgers
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Rodgers is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodgers
- Shallwood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Shallwood is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shallwood
- Wildwood
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Wildwood is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood
How Far From Roving Hills Estates to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Roving Hills Estates to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Roving Hills Estates and extending to:
- Cartersville, which is the Seat of Bartow County, lies just to the South Southwest.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 37 miles [59.5 km]<2> to the southeast (SE). If you could walk a straight line from Roving Hills Estates to Atlanta, with an average speed<3> 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 538 miles [865.8 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,435 miles [10,356.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,141 miles [11,492.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,018 miles [8,075.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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> | 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 from Point A (ie- Roving Hills Estates) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Roving Hills Estates 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 Roving Hills Estates. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.1957, Longitude: -84.7860 In this case, the coordinates for Roving Hills Estates have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.507 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.032 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.336 degrees. |
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