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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 Summerville Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Summerville Park 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 Summerville Park:
- 34.275926, -85.170228
- 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 Summerville Park
- 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 Floyd County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Floyd County
- Since Summerville Park is near Bartow County and also Polk 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 Polk 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 Summerville Park
Curious and Interesting Names Near Summerville Park ...
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.
- Central Grove ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Central Grove is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Grove
- Estimated population in 2019: 377 people
- Chapel Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Chapel Hill is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill
- De Soto ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- De Soto is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Soto
- Fair Oaks
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Fair Oaks is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Oaks
- Fieldwood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Fieldwood is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fieldwood
- Freeman Ferry
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Freeman Ferry is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman Ferry
- Freemans ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Freemans is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freemans
- Garden Lakes
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Garden Lakes is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Lakes
- Green Acre
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Green Acre is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acre
- Horseshoe Bend
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Horseshoe Bend is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horseshoe Bend
- Maplewood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Maplewood is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
- Maplewood Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Maplewood Park is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood Park
- Continue List (7 more) ...
- Maplewood Square
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Maplewood Square is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood Square
- Merry Acres
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Merry Acres is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merry Acres
- Riverside Park
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Riverside Park is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Park
- Rollingwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Rollingwood is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rollingwood
- Saddle Mountain
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Saddle Mountain is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saddle Mountain
- Sand Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Sand Springs is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Springs
- Widow Fools Ferry
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Widow Fools Ferry is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Widow Fools Ferry
How Far From Summerville Park 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 Summerville Park to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Summerville Park and extending to:
- Rome, which is the Seat of Floyd County, lies just to the South Southeast.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 57 miles [91.7 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could walk a straight line from Summerville Park to Atlanta, with an average speed<2> 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 552 miles [888.4 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<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,447 miles [10,375.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,154 miles [11,513.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,031 miles [8,096.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Summerville Park) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Summerville Park 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 Summerville Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.2759, Longitude: -85.1702 In this case, the coordinates for Summerville Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.739 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.311 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.471 degrees. |
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