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.
- 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:
- 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:
- eBird sighting report for Lumpkin County
- 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:
- Waymark.com
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) - Centerside
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Centerside have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerside
- Centerside is located in White County
- Grace ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the west) - Halfway ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest) - Land ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south) - Leo
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leo
- Leo is located in White County
- Leo has also been known as:
- Meldean
- Oculus ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east) - Pleasant Retreat ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Retreat have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Retreat
- Pleasant Retreat is located in White County
- Stay ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west) - Wild ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
How Far From Tesnatee 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 Tesnatee to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> 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]<2> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could walk a straight line from Tesnatee 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 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<4> 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).<5>
- 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).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,961 miles [7,984 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Tesnatee. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for White County: www.whitecounty.net/
The official website for State of Georgia: https://georgia.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Tesnatee) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Tesnatee. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.5418, Longitude: -83.8319 In this case, the coordinates for Tesnatee have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Tesnatee to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.955 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.446 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.871 degrees. |