Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Story, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Story and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Story
- 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 Story:
- 33.987602, -84.731048
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Story
- 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:
- eBird sighting report for Cobb County
- Since Story is near Paulding County and also Bartow County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Paulding County
- eBird sighting report for Bartow 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Story ...
We found thirteen communities that share the name Story.
Within Georgia, the name Story is unique.
Beyond Georgia, we know of another thirteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these thirteen communities, eleven are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Indiana
- Louisiana
- Manitoba
- We haven't found the location of this community yet.
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Montana
- Nebraska
- Oklahoma
- Ontario
- Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Wyoming
Curious and Interesting Names Near Story ...
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.
- Acorn Tree
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Acorn Tree have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acorn Tree
- Acorn Tree is located in Paulding County
- California
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for California have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for California
- California is located in Paulding County
- Cedar Ridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Ridge
- Cedar Ridge is located in Paulding County
- Cross Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cross Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Creek
- Cross Creek is located in Paulding County
- Cross Roads
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cross Roads have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Roads
- Cross Roads is located in Paulding County
- Crowville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest) - Falcon Shores
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Falcon Shores have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falcon Shores
- Falcon Shores is located in Cobb County
- Fox Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south) - Gold Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gold Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Creek
- Gold Creek is located in Paulding County
- Hardy Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hardy Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardy Hills
- Hardy Hills is located in Paulding County
- Hidden Oaks
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hidden Oaks have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Oaks
- Hidden Oaks is located in Paulding County
- Hunt Club
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east) - Continue List (14 more) ...
- Lost Meadows
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lost Meadows have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Meadows
- Lost Meadows is located in Paulding County
- Lost Mountain
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lost Mountain have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Mountain
- Lost Mountain is located in Cobb County
- Lost Mountain Woods
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lost Mountain Woods have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Mountain Woods
- Lost Mountain Woods is located in Paulding County
- Mars Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast) - Mars Hill Downs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mars Hill Downs have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mars Hill Downs
- Mars Hill Downs is located in Cobb County
- Musket Ridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Musket Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Musket Ridge
- Musket Ridge is located in Paulding County
- Powder Mill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Powder Mill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powder Mill
- Powder Mill is located in Paulding County
- Red Rock
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast) - Red Rock Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Red Rock Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Rock Hills
- Red Rock Hills is located in Cobb County
- Spanish Trails
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spanish Trails have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spanish Trails
- Spanish Trails is located in Paulding County
- Timberchase
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Timberchase have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timberchase
- Timberchase is located in Paulding County
- Twelve Oaks
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Twelve Oaks have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twelve Oaks
- Twelve Oaks is located in Paulding County
- Wildwood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest) - Wood Valley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wood Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood Valley
- Wood Valley is located in Paulding County
- Lost Meadows
How Far From Story 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 community such as Story to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic community of Story once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Story and extending to:
- Marietta, which is the Seat of Cobb County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Story to Marietta, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast (SE). The buggy would take most of a day and walking would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 545 miles [877.1 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 31 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,442 miles [10,367.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,147 miles [11,502 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,024 miles [8,085.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Cobb County: www.cobbcounty.org/
The official website for State of Georgia: https://georgia.gov/
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 from Point A (ie- Story) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Story. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.9876, Longitude: -84.7310 In this case, the coordinates for Story have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Story, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Story 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. |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Story to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.466 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.956 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.365 degrees. |