Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Sonoraville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sonoraville and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Sonoraville

• 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 Sonoraville:
  • 34.448145, -84.808827
  • 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 Sonoraville

• 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 Gordon County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Gordon County
  • Since Sonoraville is near Bartow County and also Cherokee 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 Cherokee 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 Sonoraville

Curious and Interesting Names Near Sonoraville ...

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.

• Big Spring ‑ Historic
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Big Spring is located in Gordon County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Spring
• Bobo
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Bobo is located in Gordon County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bobo
• Bowls ‑ Historic
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Bowls is located in Gordon County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowls
• Cash
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Cash is located in Gordon County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cash
• Crane Eater
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Crane Eater is located in Gordon County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crane Eater
• Farmville
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Farmville is located in Gordon County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmville
• Funkhouser
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Funkhouser is located in Bartow County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Funkhouser
  • Estimated population in 2019: 450 people
• Gum Springs
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Gum Springs is located in Bartow County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Springs
• Hunts Corner
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Hunts Corner is located in Gordon County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunts Corner
• Lewis Corner
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Lewis Corner is located in Gordon County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis Corner
• Ranger
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Ranger is located in Gordon County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ranger
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 137 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ranger <1>
• Redbud
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Redbud is located in Gordon County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redbud

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

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

• Calhoun, which is the Seat of Gordon County, lies just to the West Northwest.
• Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 53 miles [85.3 km]<2> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could walk a straight line from Sonoraville to Atlanta, with an average speed<3> 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 528 miles [849.7 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 21 days and walking would take 30 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,424 miles [10,338.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,131 miles [11,476.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,008 miles [8,059.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'