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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 Surf Side Club Estates, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Surf Side Club Estates 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 Surf Side Club Estates:
- 34.374268, -83.750177
- 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 Surf Side Club Estates
- 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 Hall County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hall County
- Since Surf Side Club Estates is near Banks County and also White County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Banks County
- Open the eBird sighting report for White 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 Surf Side Club Estates
Curious and Interesting Names Near Surf Side Club Estates ...
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.
- Beaver Pond
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Beaver Pond is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Pond
- Blueberry Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Blueberry Hills is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blueberry Hills
- Cherokee Meadows
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Cherokee Meadows is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Meadows
- Destitute Acres
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Destitute Acres is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Destitute Acres
- Greenway
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Greenway is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenway
- Griffin Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Griffin Heights is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffin Heights
- Happy Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Happy Valley is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Valley
- Heather Heights
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Heather Heights is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heather Heights
- Lake Watch
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Lake Watch is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Watch
- Land ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Land is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Land
- New Holland
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- New Holland is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Holland
- Pine Point
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Pine Point is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Point
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Quiet Place in the Woods
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rabbitown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Rabbitown is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rabbitown
- Rainbow Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Rainbow Village is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainbow Village
- River Point
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- River Point is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Point
- River Run
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- River Run is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Run
- Riverbend
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Riverbend is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverbend
- Shady Lane
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Shady Lane is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Lane
- Shady Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Shady Valley is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Valley
- Shamrock Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Shamrock Heights is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shamrock Heights
- Sunset Heights
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sunset Heights is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Heights
How Far From Surf Side Club Estates 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 Surf Side Club Estates to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Surf Side Club Estates and extending to:
- Gainesville, which is the Seat of Hall County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 56 miles [90.1 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could walk a straight line from Surf Side Club Estates 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 485 miles [780.5 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 19 days and walking would take 28 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,383 miles [10,272.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,086 miles [11,403.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,964 miles [7,988.8 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- Surf Side Club Estates) 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 Surf Side Club Estates 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 Surf Side Club Estates. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.3743, Longitude: -83.7502 In this case, the coordinates for Surf Side Club Estates have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.902 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.36 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.881 degrees. |
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