Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Trackrock, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Trackrock and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Trackrock
- 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 Trackrock:
- 34.908978, -83.874069
- 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 Trackrock
- 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 Union County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Union County
- Since Trackrock is near Towns County and also Clay County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Towns County
- eBird sighting report for Clay 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 Trackrock ...
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.
- Canal Lake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Canal Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canal Lake
- Canal Lake is located in Union County
- Population from the 2010 Census: 23,025 people
- Cedar Cliff
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Cliff have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Cliff
- Cedar Cliff is located in Towns County
- Ebenezer
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest) - Friendship
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Friendship have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Friendship is located in Towns County
- Gumlog
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest) - Hood ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south) - Laura ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south) - Owltown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest) - Pine Log Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pine Log Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Log Village
- Pine Log Village is located in Clay County (NC)
- Pleasant Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Pleasant Hill is located in Union County
- Sunnyside
(5 miles [8 km] to the east) - Town Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Town Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Town Creek
- Town Creek is located in Union County
- Young Harris
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Young Harris have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Young Harris
- Young Harris is located in Towns County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,668 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Young Harris <2>
How Far From Trackrock 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 Trackrock to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<3> community of Trackrock once stood, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Trackrock and extending to:
- Blairsville, which is the Seat of Union County, lies just to the West Southwest.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 84 miles [135.2 km]<4> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Trackrock to Atlanta, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 467 miles [751.6 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 19 days and walking would take 27 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,363 miles [10,240.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,069 miles [11,376.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,946 miles [7,959.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Union County: www.unioncounty.gov/
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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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 Trackrock, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- Trackrock) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Trackrock. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.9090, Longitude: -83.8741 In this case, the coordinates for Trackrock have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Trackrock to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.991 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.539 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.793 degrees. |