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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 Swift Creek, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Swift Creek 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 Swift Creek:
- 33.752329, -84.122139
- 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 Swift Creek
- 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 DeKalb County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for DeKalb County
- Since Swift Creek is near Gwinnett County and also Rockdale County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Gwinnett County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rockdale 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 Swift Creek
Communities Also Named Swift Creek ...
We found three communities that are also named Swift Creek.
There is one other community in Georgia that is also named Swift Creek.
Beyond Georgia, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Located In Georgia ...
- Bibb 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 Georgia community of Swift Creek [Bibb County].
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Virginia
- Chesterfield 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 Virginia community of Swift Creek [Chesterfield County].
- Colonial Heights City
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Swift Creek [Colonial Heights City].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Swift Creek ...
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.
- Bermuda
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bermuda is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bermuda
- Bramblewood
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Bramblewood is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bramblewood
- Centerville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Centerville is located in Gwinnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Estimated population in 2019: 7,884 people
- Glen Haven
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Glen Haven is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Haven
- Hidden Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Hidden Hills is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Hills
- Kings Mountain
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Kings Mountain is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Mountain
- Kings Ridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Kings Ridge is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Ridge
- Mason Woods
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Mason Woods is located in Gwinnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason Woods
- Meadow Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Meadow Hills is located in Gwinnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Hills
- Mountain Cove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mountain Cove is located in Gwinnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Cove
- Pine Mountain
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Pine Mountain is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Mountain
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,417 people
- Rock Bridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Rock Bridge is located in Gwinnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Bridge
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Rock Chapel
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Rock Chapel is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Chapel
- Rockbridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Rockbridge is located in Gwinnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockbridge
- Silver Ridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Silver Ridge is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Ridge
- Stone Mill Run
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Stone Mill Run is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Mill Run
- Stone Mountain
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
How Far From Swift Creek 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 Swift Creek to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Swift Creek and extending to:
- Decatur, which is the Seat of DeKalb County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Swift Creek to Decatur, with an average speed<4> 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 15 miles [24.1 km] to the west (W). The buggy would take four to five hours and walking would take most of a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 530 miles [853 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,427 miles [10,343.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,129 miles [11,473 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,008 miles [8,059.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 Swift Creek 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Swift Creek) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Swift Creek 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 Swift Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.7523, Longitude: -84.1221 In this case, the coordinates for Swift Creek have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.098 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.498 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.182 degrees. |
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