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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 Seven Springs, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Seven Springs and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Seven Springs:
    • 33.977879, -84.431040
    • 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 Seven Springs
  • 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 Seven Springs 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 Seven Springs

Communities Also Named Seven Springs ...

We found nine communities that are also named Seven Springs.

Within Georgia, the name Seven Springs is unique.

Beyond Georgia, we know of nine communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Florida
      • Pasco County
      • This Seven Springs is located in Pasco County and lies 411 miles [661.4 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Seven Springs that is located in Cobb County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pasco County community of Seven Springs.
    • Indiana
      • Harrison County
      • This Seven Springs is located in Harrison County and lies 300 miles [482.8 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Seven Springs that is located in Cobb County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harrison County community of Seven Springs.
    • Kansas
      • Dickinson County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Seven Springs [Dickinson County].
      • Geary County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Seven Springs [Geary County].
    • Mississippi
      • Hinds County
      • This Seven Springs is located in Hinds County and lies 364 miles [585.8 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Seven Springs that is located in Cobb County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hinds County community of Seven Springs.
    • New Mexico
      • Sandoval County
      • This Seven Springs is located in Sandoval County and lies 1,265 miles [2,035.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Seven Springs that is located in Cobb County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sandoval County community of Seven Springs.
    • North Carolina
      • Transylvania County
      • This Seven Springs is located in Transylvania County and lies 132 miles [212.4 km]<1> to the northeast of the Seven Springs that is located in Cobb County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Transylvania County community of Seven Springs.
      • Wayne County
      • This Seven Springs is located in Wayne County and lies 383 miles [616.4 km] to the east northeast of the Seven Springs that is located in Cobb County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wayne County community of Seven Springs.
    • Utah
      • Salt Lake County
      • This Seven Springs is located in Salt Lake County and lies 1,563 miles [2,515.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Seven Springs that is located in Cobb County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County community of Seven Springs.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Seven Springs ...

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.

  • Boulder Creek
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Boulder Creek is located in Fulton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boulder Creek
  • Chimney Lakes
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Chimney Lakes is located in Cobb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chimney Lakes
  • Crossgate
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Crossgate is located in Cobb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossgate
  • Forest Brook
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Forest Brook is located in Cobb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Brook
  • Greyfield
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Greyfield is located in Cobb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greyfield
  • Heard Ferry
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Heard Ferry is located in Cobb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heard Ferry
  • Heartwood
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Heartwood is located in Cobb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heartwood
  • Heritage Glen
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Heritage Glen is located in Cobb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Glen
  • Indian Hills
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Indian Hills is located in Cobb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Hills
  • Lake Colony
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Lake Colony is located in Cobb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Colony
  • Mountain Creek
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Mountain Creek is located in Cobb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Creek
  • Oak Chase
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Oak Chase is located in Cobb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Chase
  • Plantation Place
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Plantation Place is located in Cobb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plantation Place
  • Waterfront
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Waterfront is located in Cobb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterfront

How Far From Seven Springs 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 Seven Springs to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Marietta, which is the Seat of Cobb County, lies just to the West Southwest.
  • Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> to the south (S). If you could walk a straight line from Seven Springs to Atlanta, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 532 miles [856.2 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 6,430 miles [10,348.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,134 miles [11,481.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,012 miles [8,066 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Seven Springs) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Seven Springs 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.
<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 Seven Springs 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 Seven Springs. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.9779, Longitude: -84.4310       In this case, the coordinates for Seven Springs have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.288 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.75 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.248 degrees.