Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Tesnatee:
  • 34.541762, -83.831850
  • 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 Tesnatee

• 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 White County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for White County
  • Since Tesnatee is near Lumpkin County and also Hall County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Lumpkin County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Hall 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 Tesnatee

Curious and Interesting Names Near Tesnatee ...

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.

• Benefit
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Benefit is located in White County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benefit
• Centerside
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Centerside is located in White County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerside
• Grace ‑ Historic
  (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Grace is located in Lumpkin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grace
• Halfway ‑ Historic
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Halfway is located in Lumpkin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway
• Land ‑ Historic
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Land is located in Hall County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Land
• Leo
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Leo is located in White County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leo
  • Leo has also been known as:
  • Meldean
• Oculus ‑ Historic
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Oculus is located in White County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oculus
• Pleasant Retreat ‑ Historic
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Pleasant Retreat is located in White County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Retreat
• Stay ‑ Historic
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Stay is located in Lumpkin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stay
• Wild ‑ Historic
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Wild is located in Lumpkin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wild

How Far From Tesnatee 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 Tesnatee to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

• Cleveland, which is the Seat of White County, lies just to the Northeast.
• Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 63 miles [101.4 km]<1> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could walk a straight line from Tesnatee 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 481 miles [774.1 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 19 days and walking would take 28 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,379 miles [10,266 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,083 miles [11,399 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,961 miles [7,984 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'