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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 Victoria Landing, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Victoria Landing 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 Victoria Landing:
- 34.153709, -84.621878
- 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 Victoria Landing
- 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 Victoria Landing is near Bartow County and also Cobb County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bartow 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 Victoria Landing
Curious and Interesting Names Near Victoria Landing ...
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.
- Cherokee
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Cherokee is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee
- Cross Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Cross Creek is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Creek
- Double Springs ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Double Springs is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Double Springs
- Emerald Forest
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Emerald Forest is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerald Forest
- Fields Landing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Fields Landing is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fields Landing
- Happy Hollow
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Happy Hollow is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Hollow
- Heritage Place
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Heritage Place is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Place
- Hills-A-Rolling
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Hills-A-Rolling is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hills-A-Rolling
- Independence Walk
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Independence Walk is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence Walk
- Indian Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Indian Village is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
- Island Mills Ferry
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Island Mills Ferry is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island Mills Ferry
- Kellogg Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Kellogg Creek is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellogg Creek
- Continue List (7 more) ...
- Land of Lakes
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Land of Lakes is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Land of Lakes
- Little River Landing
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Little River Landing is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little River Landing
- Oak Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Oak Grove is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Plantation Walk
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Plantation Walk is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plantation Walk
- Shadowbrook
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Shadowbrook is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadowbrook
- Twin Pines
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Twin Pines is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Pines
- Woodwind Station
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Woodwind Station is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodwind Station
How Far From Victoria Landing 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 Victoria Landing to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Victoria Landing and extending to:
- Canton, which is the Seat of Cherokee County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Victoria Landing to Canton, with an average speed<2> 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 30 miles [48.3 km] to the south southeast (SSE). The buggy would take just over a day and walking would take most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 533 miles [857.8 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 31 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,430 miles [10,348.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,135 miles [11,482.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,012 miles [8,066 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Victoria Landing) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Victoria Landing 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 Victoria Landing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.1537, Longitude: -84.6219 In this case, the coordinates for Victoria Landing have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.408 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.912 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.281 degrees. |
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