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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 Swanson Heights, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Swanson Heights 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 Swanson Heights:
- 34.035100, -84.478819
- 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 Swanson Heights
- 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:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cobb County
- Since Swanson Heights is near Cherokee County and also Fulton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cherokee 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 Swanson Heights
Curious and Interesting Names Near Swanson Heights ...
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.
- Boulder Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Boulder Creek is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boulder Creek
- Bramble Oak
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bramble Oak is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bramble Oak
- Cherokee Forest
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cherokee Forest is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Forest
- Chimney Lakes
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Chimney Lakes is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chimney Lakes
- Colony Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Colony Springs is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colony Springs
- Coventry Downs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Coventry Downs is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coventry Downs
- Creek View
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Creek View is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creek View
- Deerchase
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Deerchase is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerchase
- Falcon Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Falcon Hills is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falcon Hills
- Glenforest
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Glenforest is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenforest
- Heartwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Heartwood is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heartwood
- Hedgerow
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Hedgerow is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hedgerow
- Continue List (24 more) ...
- Heritage Farms
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Heritage Farms is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Farms
- Heritage Glen
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Heritage Glen is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Glen
- Holly Oaks
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Holly Oaks is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Oaks
- Estimated population in 2019: 15,442 people
- Kings Crossing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Kings Crossing is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Crossing
- Knotts Landing
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Knotts Landing is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knotts Landing
- Knotts Pointe
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Knotts Pointe is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knotts Pointe
- Misty Mountain
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Misty Mountain is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Misty Mountain
- Mountain Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Mountain Creek is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Creek
- Mountain Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mountain Park is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 576 people
- Mountain Ridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Mountain Ridge is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Ridge
- Noonday
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Noonday is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noonday
- Estimated population in 2019: 16,592 people
- Oak Chase
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Oak Chase is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Chase
- Pioneer Crossing
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Pioneer Crossing is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Crossing
- Plantation Place
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Plantation Place is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plantation Place
- Riverchase
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Riverchase is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverchase
- Rocky Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Rocky Creek is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Creek
- Rocky Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Rocky Springs is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Springs
- Sandy Plains
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Sandy Plains is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Plains
- Seven Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Seven Springs is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Springs
- Skyridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Skyridge is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyridge
- Estimated population in 2019: 273 people
- Trickum Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Trickum Hills is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trickum Hills
- Waterfront
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Waterfront is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterfront
- Wildwood Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Wildwood Springs is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood Springs
- Willow Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Willow Creek is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Creek
How Far From Swanson Heights 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 Swanson Heights to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Swanson Heights and extending to:
- Marietta, which is the Seat of Cobb County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<1> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could walk a straight line from Swanson Heights to Atlanta, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day 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 532 miles [856.2 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 31 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,429 miles [10,346.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,134 miles [11,481.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,011 miles [8,064.4 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Swanson Heights) 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 Swanson Heights 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 Swanson Heights. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.0351, Longitude: -84.4788 In this case, the coordinates for Swanson Heights have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.319 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.793 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.253 degrees. |
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