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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 Sweet Gum, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sweet Gum 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 Sweet Gum:
- 34.981193, -84.200749
- 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 Sweet Gum
- 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 Fannin County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fannin County
- Since Sweet Gum is near Cherokee County and also Union 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 Union 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 Sweet Gum
Communities Also Named Sweet Gum ...
We found one communities that are also named Sweet Gum.
Within Georgia, the name Sweet Gum is unique.
Beyond Georgia, there is another community also named Sweet Gum in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Lauderdale County
- This Sweet Gum is located in Lauderdale County and lies 182 miles [292.9 km]<1> to the west of the Sweet Gum that is located in Fannin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lauderdale County community of Sweet Gum.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sweet Gum ...
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.
- Cutcane
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cutcane is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutcane
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,417 people
- Forge Mill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Forge Mill is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forge Mill
- Friendship
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Friendship is located in Cherokee County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Hemp
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Hemp is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemp
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,647 people
- Hothouse
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hothouse is located in Cherokee County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hothouse
- Loving
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Loving is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loving
- Maple Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Maple Grove is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove
- Mineral Bluff
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pearl
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Pearl is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl
- Pleasant Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Rocky Gap ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Rocky Gap is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Gap
- Sparks Mill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sparks Mill is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparks Mill
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Sunny Point
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Sunny Point is located in Cherokee County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Point
- Union
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Union is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Windy Ridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Windy Ridge is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windy Ridge
- Wolf Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Wolf Creek is located in Cherokee County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Creek
How Far From Sweet Gum 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 Sweet Gum to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Sweet Gum and extending to:
- Blue Ridge, which is the Seat of Fannin County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Sweet Gum to Blue Ridge, with an average speed<3> 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 85 miles [136.8 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 478 miles [769.3 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 19 days and walking would take 28 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,374 miles [10,258 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,081 miles [11,395.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,958 miles [7,979.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Sweet Gum) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Sweet Gum 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 Sweet Gum. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.9812, Longitude: -84.2007 In this case, the coordinates for Sweet Gum have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.187 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.775 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.906 degrees. |
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