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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 Tell, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Tell 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 Tell:
- 33.651499, -84.594376
- 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 Tell
- 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 Fulton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fulton County
- Since Tell is near Douglas County and also Cobb County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Douglas County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cobb 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 Tell
Communities Also Named Tell ...
We found four communities that are also named Tell.
Within Georgia, the name Tell is unique.
Beyond Georgia, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kansas
- Dickinson County
- This community is historic<1> and although located in Dickinson County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dickinson County community of Tell.
- Texas
- Childress County
- This Tell is located in Childress County and lies 904 miles [1,454.8 km]<2> to the west of the Tell that is located in Fulton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Childress County community of Tell.
- Stonewall County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Tell [Stonewall County].
- Wisconsin
- Buffalo County
- This Tell is located in Buffalo County and lies 836 miles [1,345.4 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Tell that is located in Fulton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Buffalo County community of Tell.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Tell ...
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.
- Big Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Big Creek is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Creek
- Cedar Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Cedar Grove is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Corn Creek Cove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Corn Creek Cove is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corn Creek Cove
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,683 people
- Creek Indian
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Creek Indian is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creek Indian
- Fireside
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Fireside is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fireside
- Granada
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Granada is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granada
- Holly Brook
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Holly Brook is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Brook
- Lester
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lester is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lester
- Red Oak
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Red Wing Cove
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Red Wing Cove is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Wing Cove
- Population from the 2010 Census: 2,604 people
- Sandtown ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Sandtown is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandtown
- Stonewall
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Stonewall is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonewall
- Sunrise
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sunrise is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunrise
- Union City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
How Far From Tell 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 Tell to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Tell and extending to:
- Atlanta, which is the Seat of Fulton County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Tell to Atlanta, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 13 miles [20.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). The buggy would take four to five hours and walking would take 6 hours.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 554 miles [891.6 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 22 days and walking would take 32 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,452 miles [10,383.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,155 miles [11,514.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,033 miles [8,099.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Tell, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Tell) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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 Tell 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. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Tell 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 Tell. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.6515, Longitude: -84.5944 In this case, the coordinates for Tell have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.371 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.799 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.391 degrees. |
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