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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 Sunny Brook, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sunny Brook 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 Sunny Brook:
- 34.119820, -84.468818
- 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 Sunny Brook
- 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 Cherokee County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cherokee County
- Since Sunny Brook is near Cobb County and also Fulton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cobb County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fulton 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 Sunny Brook
Communities Also Named Sunny Brook ...
We found three communities that are also named Sunny Brook.
Within Georgia, the name Sunny Brook is unique.
Beyond Georgia, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Michigan
- Emmet 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 Michigan community of Sunny Brook [Emmet County].
- South Carolina
- Aiken County
- This Sunny Brook is located in Aiken County and lies 155 miles [249.4 km]<2> to the east of the Sunny Brook that is located in Cherokee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Aiken County community of Sunny Brook.
- Tennessee
- Sullivan County
- This Sunny Brook is located in Sullivan County and lies 209 miles [336.4 km]<2> to the northeast of the Sunny Brook that is located in Cherokee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sullivan County community of Sunny Brook.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sunny Brook ...
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.
- Bluff Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Bluff Creek is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Creek
- Bramble Oak
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bramble Oak is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bramble Oak
- Cherokee Forest
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cherokee Forest is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Forest
- Colony Springs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Colony Springs is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colony Springs
- Creek View
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Creek View is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creek View
- Deerchase
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Deerchase is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerchase
- Hardman Place
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Hardman Place is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardman Place
- Population from the 2010 Census: 3,930 people
- Hunters Mill
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Hunters Mill is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Mill
- Joshua Landing
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Joshua Landing is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joshua Landing
- Knotts Landing
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Knotts Landing is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knotts Landing
- Knotts Pointe
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Knotts Pointe is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knotts Pointe
- Little River Crossing
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Misty Mountain
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Misty Mountain is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Misty Mountain
- Mountain Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Mountain Ridge is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Ridge
- Pioneer Crossing
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Pioneer Crossing is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Crossing
- Riverchase
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Riverchase is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverchase
- Rocky Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Rocky Creek is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Creek
- Rocky Springs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Rocky Springs is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Springs
- Skyridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Skyridge is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyridge
- Estimated population in 2019: 273 people
- Tomahawk
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Tomahawk is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tomahawk
- Trickum Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Trickum Hills is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trickum Hills
- Willow Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Willow Creek is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Creek
- Willow Tree
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Willow Tree is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Tree
How Far From Sunny Brook 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 Sunny Brook to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Sunny Brook and extending to:
- Canton, which is the Seat of Cherokee County, lies just to the North.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 25 miles [40.2 km]<2> to the south (S). If you could walk a straight line from Sunny Brook to Atlanta, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days 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 527 miles [848.1 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 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 6,425 miles [10,340 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,130 miles [11,474.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,007 miles [8,058 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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 Sunny Brook 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Sunny Brook) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Sunny Brook 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 Sunny Brook. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.1198, Longitude: -84.4688 In this case, the coordinates for Sunny Brook have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.316 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.802 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.229 degrees. |
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