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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 Stone Mountain, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Stone Mountain 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 Stone Mountain:
- 33.808128, -84.170599
- 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 Stone Mountain
- 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 DeKalb County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for DeKalb County
- Since Stone Mountain is near Gwinnett County and also Rockdale County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Gwinnett County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rockdale 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 Stone Mountain
Communities Also Named Stone Mountain ...
We found three communities that are also named Stone Mountain.
Within Georgia, the name Stone Mountain is unique.
Beyond Georgia, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- North Carolina
- McDowell 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 North Carolina community of Stone Mountain [McDowell County].
- Virginia
- Bedford 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 Virginia community of Stone Mountain [Bedford County].
- Carroll 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 Virginia community of Stone Mountain [Carroll County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Stone Mountain ...
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.
- Bermuda
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Four Winds
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Four Winds is located in Gwinnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Winds
- Hidden Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Hidden Hills is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Hills
- Hunters Glen
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Hunters Glen is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Glen
- Kings Mountain
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Kings Mountain is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Mountain
- Mountain Brooke
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mountain Brooke is located in Gwinnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Brooke
- Mountain Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mountain Park is located in Gwinnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Park
- Patriots Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Patriots Hill is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patriots Hill
- Rockbridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Rockbridge is located in Gwinnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockbridge
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Silver Ridge
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Silver Ridge is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Ridge
- Smoke Rise
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Smoke Rise is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smoke Rise
- Stone Mill Run
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Stone Mill Run is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Mill Run
- Swift Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Swift Creek is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swift Creek
- Trickem
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Trickem is located in Gwinnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trickem
- Tucker
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
How Far From Stone Mountain to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a city such as Stone Mountain to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Stone Mountain and extending to:
- Decatur, which is the Seat of DeKalb County, lies just to the West Southwest.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could walk a straight line from Stone Mountain to Atlanta, with an average speed<4> 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.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 529 miles [851.3 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,427 miles [10,343.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,129 miles [11,473 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,007 miles [8,058 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 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 Stone Mountain 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Stone Mountain) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Stone Mountain 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 Stone Mountain. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.8081, Longitude: -84.1706 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.128 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.542 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.187 degrees. |
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