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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 Saint Andrews Country Club Estates, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Saint Andrews Country Club Estates and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
    • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
    • The National Weather Service forecast for Saint Andrews Country Club Estates
  • 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 Saint Andrews Country Club Estates:
    • 33.585389, -84.869939
    • 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 Saint Andrews Country Club 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 Douglas County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Douglas County
    • Since Saint Andrews Country Club Estates is near Carroll County and also Fulton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Carroll County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Fulton 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 Saint Andrews Country Club Estates

Curious and Interesting Names Near Saint Andrews Country Club 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.

  • Byers Crossroads
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Byers Crossroads is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byers Crossroads
  • Cross Plains
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Cross Plains is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Plains
  • Dingler Crossroads
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Dingler Crossroads is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dingler Crossroads
  • Emily ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Emily is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emily
  • Fairplay
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Fairplay is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairplay
  • Hodge ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Hodge is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hodge
  • Links of Leith
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Links of Leith is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Links of Leith
  • Neal Ferry
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Neal Ferry is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neal Ferry
  • Redwine
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Redwine is located in Fulton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redwine
  • Sand Hill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Sand Hill is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Hill
  • Sweetwater Bluff
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Sweetwater Bluff is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetwater Bluff

How Far From Saint Andrews Country Club Estates 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 Saint Andrews Country Club Estates to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Saint Andrews Country Club Estates and extending to:

  • Douglasville, which is the Seat of Douglas County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Saint Andrews Country Club Estates to Douglasville, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 29 miles [46.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). The buggy would take just over a day and walking would take just about two full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 569 miles [915.7 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 23 days and walking would take 33 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,467 miles [10,407.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,170 miles [11,539 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,048 miles [8,124 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Saint Andrews Country Club Estates) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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.
<3>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 Saint Andrews Country Club 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 Saint Andrews Country Club Estates. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.5854, Longitude: -84.8699       In this case, the coordinates for Saint Andrews Country Club Estates have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.53 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.973 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.515 degrees.