Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Tails Creek, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Tails Creek and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Tails Creek

• 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 Tails Creek:
  • 34.689754, -84.615703
  • 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 Tails 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 Gilmer County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Gilmer County
  • Since Tails Creek is near Murray County and also Gordon County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Murray County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Gordon 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 Tails Creek

Curious and Interesting Names Near Tails 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.

• Ball Ground
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Ball Ground is located in Murray County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ball Ground
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Ball Ground
  • From Tails Creek to Ball Ground
• Bloodtown
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Bloodtown is located in Murray County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloodtown
• Dennis
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Dennis is located in Murray County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennis
• Elders
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Elders is located in Gilmer County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elders
• Flat Branch
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Flat Branch is located in Gilmer County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Branch
• Fort Mountain ‑ Historic
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Fort Mountain is located in Murray County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Mountain
• Mountaintown
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Mountaintown is located in Gilmer County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountaintown
• Pleasant Hill
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Pleasant Hill is located in Gilmer County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
• Ratcliff ‑ Historic
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Ratcliff is located in Gilmer County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ratcliff
• Roundtop
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Roundtop is located in Gilmer County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roundtop
• Town Creek
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Town Creek is located in Gilmer County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Town Creek

How Far From Tails Creek to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Tails Creek to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Tails Creek and extending to:

• Ellijay, which is the Seat of Gilmer County, lies just to the East.
• Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 65 miles [104.6 km]<1> to the south (S). If you could walk a straight line from Tails Creek 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 about three full days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 509 miles [819.2 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 20 days and walking would take 29 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,405 miles [10,307.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,112 miles [11,445.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,989 miles [8,029 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'