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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 Sequoia View, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sequoia View 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 Sequoia View:
- 34.253983, -85.123560
- 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 Sequoia View
- 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 Floyd County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Floyd County
- Since Sequoia View is near Bartow County and also Polk County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bartow County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Polk 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 Sequoia View
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sequoia View ...
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.
- Chapel Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Chapel Hill is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill
- De Soto ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- De Soto is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Soto
- Fieldwood
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Fieldwood is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fieldwood
- Freeman Ferry
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Freeman Ferry is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman Ferry
- Freemans ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Freemans is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freemans
- Maplewood
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Maplewood is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
- Maplewood Park
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Maplewood Park is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood Park
- Maplewood Square
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Maplewood Square is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood Square
- Riverside Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Riverside Park is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Park
- Saddle Mountain
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Saddle Mountain is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saddle Mountain
- Summerville Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Summerville Park is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerville Park
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,243 people
- Widow Fools Ferry
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Widow Fools Ferry is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Widow Fools Ferry
How Far From Sequoia View 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 Sequoia View to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Sequoia View and extending to:
- Rome, which is the Seat of Floyd County, lies just to the West.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 54 miles [86.9 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could walk a straight line from Sequoia View to Atlanta, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 550 miles [885.1 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 22 days and walking would take 32 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,446 miles [10,373.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,153 miles [11,511.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,030 miles [8,095 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Sequoia View) 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 Sequoia View 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 Sequoia View. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.2540, Longitude: -85.1236 In this case, the coordinates for Sequoia View have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.71 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.275 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.457 degrees. |
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