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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 Tomahawk, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Tomahawk 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 Tomahawk:
- 34.115376, -84.413538
- 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 Tomahawk
- 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 Cherokee County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cherokee County
- Since Tomahawk is near Fulton County and also Cobb County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fulton 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 Tomahawk
Communities Also Named Tomahawk ...
We found eight communities that are also named Tomahawk.
Within Georgia, the name Tomahawk is unique.
Beyond Georgia, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these eight communities, seven are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alberta
- This Tomahawk lies 1,989 miles [3,201 km]<1> to the northwest of the Tomahawk that is located in Cherokee County.
- Arkansas
- Searcy County
- This Tomahawk is located in Searcy County and lies 487 miles [783.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Tomahawk that is located in Cherokee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Searcy County community of Tomahawk.
- Kentucky
- Martin County
- This Tomahawk is located in Martin County and lies 278 miles [447.4 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Tomahawk that is located in Cherokee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Martin County community of Tomahawk.
- North Carolina
- Sampson County
- This Tomahawk is located in Sampson County and lies 349 miles [561.7 km]<1> to the east of the Tomahawk that is located in Cherokee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sampson County community of Tomahawk.
- South Dakota
- Lawrence County
- This Tomahawk is located in Lawrence County and lies 1,233 miles [1,984.3 km]<1> to the northwest of the Tomahawk that is located in Cherokee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lawrence County community of Tomahawk.
- Virginia
- Pittsylvania 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 Virginia community of Tomahawk [Pittsylvania County].
- West Virginia
- Berkeley County
- This Tomahawk is located in Berkeley County and lies 513 miles [825.6 km]<1> to the northeast of the Tomahawk that is located in Cherokee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Berkeley County community of Tomahawk.
- Wisconsin
- Lincoln County
- This Tomahawk is located in Lincoln County and lies 832 miles [1,339 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Tomahawk that is located in Cherokee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lincoln County community of Tomahawk.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Tomahawk ...
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.
- Bluff Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Bluff Creek is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Creek
- Bramble Oak
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Bramble Oak is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bramble Oak
- Colony Springs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Colony Springs is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colony Springs
- Deerchase
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Deerchase is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerchase
- Hardman Place
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Hardman Place is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardman Place
- Population from the 2010 Census: 3,930 people
- Hickory Flat
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Hickory Flat is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Flat
- Hunters Mill
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Hunters Mill is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Mill
- Knotts Landing
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Knotts Landing is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knotts Landing
- Knotts Pointe
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Knotts Pointe is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knotts Pointe
- Little River Crossing
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Misty Mountain
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Misty Mountain is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Misty Mountain
- Mountain Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Mountain Park is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 576 people
- Continue List (7 more) ...
- Pioneer Crossing
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Pioneer Crossing is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Crossing
- Riverchase
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Riverchase is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverchase
- Rocky Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Rocky Creek is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Creek
- Sunny Brook
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Sunny Brook is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Brook
- Sweet Apple Crossing
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Sweet Apple Crossing is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Apple Crossing
- Wildwood Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Wildwood Springs is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood Springs
- Willow Tree
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Willow Tree is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Tree
How Far From Tomahawk 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 Tomahawk to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Tomahawk and extending to:
- Canton, which is the Seat of Cherokee County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Tomahawk to Canton, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 24 miles [38.6 km] to the south (S). The buggy would take most of a day and walking would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 525 miles [844.9 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 21 days and walking would take 30 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,423 miles [10,336.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,127 miles [11,469.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,005 miles [8,054.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Tomahawk) 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Tomahawk 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 Tomahawk 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 Tomahawk. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.1154, Longitude: -84.4135 In this case, the coordinates for Tomahawk have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.283 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.763 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.208 degrees. |
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