Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Vinings, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Vinings and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Vinings

• 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 Vinings:
  • 33.864826, -84.464374
  • 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 Vinings

• 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 Cobb County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Cobb County
  • Since Vinings is near Fulton County and also DeKalb 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 DeKalb 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 Vinings

Curious and Interesting Names Near Vinings ...

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.

• Bolton
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Bolton is located in Fulton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolton
• Chimney Trace
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Chimney Trace is located in Cobb County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chimney Trace
• De Foor Ferry
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • De Foor Ferry is located in Cobb County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Foor Ferry
• Farmstead
  (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Farmstead is located in Cobb County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmstead
• Heritage
  (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Heritage is located in Cobb County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage
• Magnolia
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Magnolia is located in Fulton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
• Post Harbor
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Post Harbor is located in Cobb County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Harbor
• Post River
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Post River is located in Cobb County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post River
• Postwoods
  (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Postwoods is located in Cobb County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Postwoods
• Power Ferry
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Power Ferry is located in Cobb County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Power Ferry
• Powers Lane
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Powers Lane is located in Fulton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powers Lane
• Riverwood
  (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Riverwood is located in Cobb County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverwood
• Continue List   (4 more) ...
  • Rose Garden Hills
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Rose Garden Hills is located in Cobb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Garden Hills
  • Shadowwood
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Shadowwood is located in Cobb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadowwood
  • Stonewall
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Stonewall is located in Cobb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonewall
  • Treetop
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Treetop is located in Cobb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Treetop

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Vinings and extending to:

• Marietta, which is the Seat of Cobb County, lies just to the Northwest.
• Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies just to the south southeast (SSE).
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 539 miles [867.4 km]<1> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Vinings to White House, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 31 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 21 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,437 miles [10,359.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,140 miles [11,490.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,018 miles [8,075.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'