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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 Springwood Village, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Springwood Village 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 Springwood Village:
    • 33.724831, -84.744380
    • 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 Springwood Village
  • 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 Springwood Village is near Paulding County and also Cobb County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Paulding County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cobb 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 Springwood Village

Communities Also Named Springwood Village ...

We found two communities that are also named Springwood Village.

Within Georgia, the name Springwood Village is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Florida
      • Hillsborough County
      • This Springwood Village is located in Hillsborough County and lies 413 miles [664.7 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Springwood Village that is located in Douglas County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Springwood Village.
    • New York
      • Dutchess 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 New York community of Springwood Village [Dutchess County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Springwood Village ...

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.

  • Bent Pine
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Bent Pine is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bent Pine
  • Bright Star
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Bright Star is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bright Star
  • Captains Quarters
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Captains Quarters is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Captains Quarters
  • Carmel Chase
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Carmel Chase is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carmel Chase
  • Chapel Hill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Chapel Hill is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill
  • Dorris
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Dorris is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorris
  • Doublegate
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Doublegate is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doublegate
  • English Heights
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • English Heights is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Heights
  • Evergreen
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Evergreen is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
  • Executive Heights
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Executive Heights is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Executive Heights
  • Gregory Heights
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Gregory Heights is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregory Heights
  • Heritage Valley
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Heritage Valley is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Valley
  • Continue List   (10 more) ...
    • High Point
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • High Point is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Point
    • Kellogg
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Kellogg is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellogg
    • Lincoln Heights
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Lincoln Heights is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Heights
    • Merlin Meadows
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Merlin Meadows is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merlin Meadows
    • Rebel Trail
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Rebel Trail is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rebel Trail
    • Rolling Hills
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Rolling Hills is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Hills
    • Sugar Creek
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Sugar Creek is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Creek
    • Sunset Hill
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Sunset Hill is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Hill
    • Timber Valley
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Timber Valley is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Valley
    • Young Park
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Young Park is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Young Park

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

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

  • Douglasville, which is the Seat of Douglas County, lies just to the North.
  • Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could walk a straight line from Springwood Village to Atlanta, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 557 miles [896.4 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,455 miles [10,388.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,159 miles [11,521.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,037 miles [8,106.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Springwood Village) 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Springwood Village 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 Springwood Village 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 Springwood Village. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.7248, Longitude: -84.7444       In this case, the coordinates for Springwood Village have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.462 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.915 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.432 degrees.