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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 Shadynook, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Shadynook 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 Shadynook:
    • 34.905632, -85.297734
    • 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 Shadynook
  • 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 Walker County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Walker County
    • Since Shadynook is near Catoosa County and also Hamilton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Catoosa County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hamilton 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 Shadynook

Communities Also Named Shadynook ...

We found one communities that are also named Shadynook.

Within Georgia, the name Shadynook is unique.

Beyond Georgia, there is another community also named Shadynook in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Kentucky
      • Harrison County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Shadynook [Harrison County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Shadynook ...

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.

  • Burning Bush
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Burning Bush is located in Catoosa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burning Bush
  • Cannon Crossing
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Cannon Crossing is located in Walker County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannon Crossing
  • Cloud Springs
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Cloud Springs is located in Catoosa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloud Springs
  • Dickey ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Dickey is located in Walker County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickey
  • Eagle Cliff
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Eagle Cliff is located in Walker County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Cliff
  • Fantasy Hills
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Fantasy Hills is located in Walker County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fantasy Hills
    • Estimated population in 2019: 316 people
  • Green Acres
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Green Acres is located in Catoosa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
  • Green Hills
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Green Hills is located in Walker County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hills
  • Happy Valley
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Happy Valley is located in Walker County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Valley
    • Estimated population in 2019: 192 people
  • Haysville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Haysville is located in Walker County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haysville
  • High Point
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • High Point is located in Walker County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Point
  • Moons
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Moons is located in Walker County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moons
  • Continue List   (5 more) ...
    • Mountain View
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Mountain View is located in Walker County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View
    • Orchard Hills
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Orchard Hills is located in Walker County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Hills
      • Estimated population in 2019: 232 people
    • Park City
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Park City is located in Walker County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park City
    • Red Belt
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Red Belt is located in Catoosa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Belt
    • Robertsville
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Robertsville is located in Walker County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robertsville

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Shadynook and extending to:

  • LaFayette, which is the Seat of Walker County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Shadynook to LaFayette, with an average speed<3> 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 94 miles [151.3 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 532 miles [856.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving 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 6,423 miles [10,336.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,133 miles [11,479.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,009 miles [8,061.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Shadynook 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.
<2>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 from Point A (ie- Shadynook) 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 Shadynook 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 Shadynook. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.9056, Longitude: -85.2977       In this case, the coordinates for Shadynook have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.841 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.517 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.371 degrees.