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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 Tallassee Farms, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Tallassee Farms 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 Tallassee Farms:
- 33.978170, -83.464883
- 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 Tallassee Farms
- 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 Clarke County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clarke County
- Since Tallassee Farms is near Jackson County and also Oconee County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jackson County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Oconee 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 Tallassee Farms
Curious and Interesting Names Near Tallassee Farms ...
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.
- Bogart
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Camelot
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Camelot is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot
- Deerbrook
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Deerbrook is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerbrook
- Elder
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Elder is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elder
- Fieldstone
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Fieldstone is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fieldstone
- Greene
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Greene is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greene
- Holly Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Holly Hills is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Hills
- Jennings Mill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Jennings Mill is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jennings Mill
- Kingswood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Kingswood is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingswood
- Overlook Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Overlook Village is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overlook Village
- Pine Ridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Ridge is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Ridge
- Quailwood
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Quailwood is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quailwood
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Ramble Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Ramble Hills is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramble Hills
- Rebel Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Rebel Hill is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rebel Hill
- Rollingwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Rollingwood is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rollingwood
- Rushwood
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Rushwood is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rushwood
- Skyline Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Skyline Park is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyline Park
- Tanglebrook
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Tanglebrook is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanglebrook
- Tanglewood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Tanglewood is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanglewood
- Windy Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Windy Hill is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windy Hill
How Far From Tallassee Farms 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 Tallassee Farms to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Tallassee Farms and extending to:
- Athens, which is the Seat of Clarke County, lies just to the East Southeast.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 55 miles [88.5 km]<2> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could walk a straight line from Tallassee Farms to Atlanta, with an average speed<3> 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 492 miles [791.8 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 20 days and walking would take 28 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,389 miles [10,282.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,090 miles [11,410.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,969 miles [7,996.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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- Tallassee Farms) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Tallassee Farms 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 Tallassee Farms. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.9782, Longitude: -83.4649 In this case, the coordinates for Tallassee Farms have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.722 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.097 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.87 degrees. |
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