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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 Tullamore, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Tullamore 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 Tullamore:
    • 34.157597, -84.347980
    • 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 Tullamore
  • 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 Fulton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Fulton County
    • Since Tullamore is near Cherokee County and also Forsyth County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cherokee County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Forsyth 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 Tullamore

Communities Also Named Tullamore ...

We found three communities that are also named Tullamore.

Within Georgia, the name Tullamore is unique.

Beyond Georgia, we know of three communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these three communities, .

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Illinois
      • Lake County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Tullamore [Lake County].
      • Tazewell County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Tullamore [Tazewell County].
    • Ontario
      • This Tullamore lies 709 miles [1,141 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Tullamore that is located in Fulton County.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Tullamore ...

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.

  • Bentgrass Farms
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Bentgrass Farms is located in Fulton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bentgrass Farms
  • Christophers Run
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Christophers Run is located in Fulton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christophers Run
  • Crabapple
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Crabapple is located in Fulton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crabapple
  • Fields Crossroads
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Fields Crossroads is located in Fulton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fields Crossroads
  • Hardman Place
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • 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
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Hickory Flat is located in Cherokee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Flat
  • Hopewell
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Hopewell is located in Fulton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
  • Hunters Mill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Hunters Mill is located in Cherokee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Mill
  • Sunnybrook Farms
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Sunnybrook Farms is located in Fulton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnybrook Farms
  • Sweet Apple Crossing
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Sweet Apple Crossing is located in Fulton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Apple Crossing
  • Tomahawk
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Tomahawk is located in Cherokee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tomahawk
  • Union Hill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Union Hill is located in Cherokee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Hill
  • Wood Valley
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Wood Valley is located in Fulton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood Valley

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

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

  • Atlanta, which is the Seat of Fulton County, lies 27 miles [43.5 km]<2> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Tullamore to Atlanta, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
  • Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 27 miles [43.5 km] to the south (S). The buggy would take just over a day and walking would take just about two full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 520 miles [836.9 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 6,418 miles [10,328.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,123 miles [11,463.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,000 miles [8,046.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Tullamore 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.
<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 drawn from Point A (ie- Tullamore) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Tullamore 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 Tullamore. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.1576, Longitude: -84.3480       In this case, the coordinates for Tullamore have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.246 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.727 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.172 degrees.