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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 Timberlake, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Timberlake and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Timberlake:
    • 33.523724, -84.427704
    • 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 Timberlake
  • 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 Clayton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Clayton County
    • Since Timberlake is near Fayette County and also Fulton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Fayette County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Fulton 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 Timberlake

Communities Also Named Timberlake ...

We found fifteen communities that are also named Timberlake.

Within Georgia, the name Timberlake is unique.

Beyond Georgia, we know of fifteen communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Maryland
      • Wicomico County
      • This Timberlake is located in Wicomico County and lies 593 miles [954.3 km]<1> to the northeast of the Timberlake that is located in Clayton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wicomico County community of Timberlake.
    • North Carolina
      • Cumberland County
      • This Timberlake is located in Cumberland County and lies 326 miles [524.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Timberlake that is located in Clayton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cumberland County community of Timberlake.
      • Person County
      • This Timberlake is located in Person County and lies 363 miles [584.2 km] to the east northeast of the Timberlake that is located in Clayton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Person County community of Timberlake.
      • Wake County
      • This Timberlake is located in Wake County and lies 367 miles [590.6 km] to the east northeast of the Timberlake that is located in Clayton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wake County community of Timberlake.
    • Ohio
      • Lake County
      • This Timberlake is located in Lake County and lies 585 miles [941.5 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Timberlake that is located in Clayton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lake County community of Timberlake.
    • South Carolina
      • Greenville County
      • This Timberlake is located in Greenville County and lies 150 miles [241.4 km]<1> to the northeast of the Timberlake that is located in Clayton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greenville County community of Timberlake.
      • Greenwood County
      • This Timberlake is located in Greenwood County and lies 135 miles [217.3 km] to the east northeast of the Timberlake that is located in Clayton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greenwood County community of Timberlake.
      • Oconee County
      • This Timberlake is located in Oconee County and lies 113 miles [181.9 km] to the northeast of the Timberlake that is located in Clayton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oconee County community of Timberlake.
    • Tennessee
      • Henderson County
      • This Timberlake is located in Henderson County and lies 270 miles [434.5 km]<1> to the northwest of the Timberlake that is located in Clayton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henderson County community of Timberlake.
      • Knox County
      • This Timberlake is located in Knox County and lies 166 miles [267.2 km] to the north of the Timberlake that is located in Clayton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Knox County community of Timberlake.
      • Rutherford County
      • This Timberlake is located in Rutherford County and lies 202 miles [325.1 km] to the north northwest of the Timberlake that is located in Clayton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rutherford County community of Timberlake.
      • Washington County
      • This Timberlake is located in Washington County and lies 228 miles [366.9 km] to the north northeast of the Timberlake that is located in Clayton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Timberlake.
    • Texas
      • Harris County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Timberlake [Harris County].
    • Virginia
      • Campbell County
      • This Timberlake is located in Campbell County and lies 391 miles [629.3 km]<1> to the northeast of the Timberlake that is located in Clayton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Campbell County community of Timberlake.
    • West Virginia
      • Cabell County
      • This Timberlake is located in Cabell County and lies 357 miles [574.5 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Timberlake that is located in Clayton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cabell County community of Timberlake.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Timberlake ...

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.

  • Camelot
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Camelot is located in Clayton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot
  • Cottonwood
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Cottonwood is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood
  • Dix - Leeson
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Dix - Leeson is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dix - Leeson
  • Evans Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Evans Park is located in Clayton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans Park
  • Fox Run
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Fox Run is located in Clayton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Run
  • Frog Hollow
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Frog Hollow is located in Clayton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frog Hollow
  • Gamma
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Gamma is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gamma
  • Graves Way
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Graves Way is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graves Way
  • Hickory Acres
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Hickory Acres is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Acres
  • Mockingbird Hill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Mockingbird Hill is located in Clayton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mockingbird Hill
  • Ponderosa
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Ponderosa is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponderosa
  • Quail Valley
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Quail Valley is located in Clayton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Valley
  • Skylane Hills
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Skylane Hills is located in Clayton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skylane Hills
  • Spring Valley
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Spring Valley is located in Clayton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Timberlake and extending to:

  • Jonesboro, which is the Seat of Clayton County, lies just to the East.
  • Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<1> to the north (N). If you could walk a straight line from Timberlake to Atlanta, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 553 miles [890 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,451 miles [10,381.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,153 miles [11,511.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,031 miles [8,096.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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- Timberlake) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Timberlake 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.
<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 Timberlake 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 Timberlake. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.5237, Longitude: -84.4277       In this case, the coordinates for Timberlake have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.267 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.661 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.356 degrees.