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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 Waleska, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Waleska 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 Waleska:
- 34.316743, -84.552812
- 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 Waleska
- 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 Waleska is near Bartow County and also Pickens 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 Pickens 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 Waleska
Curious and Interesting Names Near Waleska ...
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.
- Ball Ground
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Cherokee
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Cherokee is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee
- Fields Landing
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Fields Landing is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fields Landing
- Funkhouser
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Funkhouser is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Funkhouser
- Estimated population in 2019: 450 people
- Harmony
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Holly Spring
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Holly Spring is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Spring
- Holly Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Jerusalem
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Keithsburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Keithsburg is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keithsburg
- Little River Landing
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Little River Landing is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little River Landing
- Nelson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pine Log ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Stamp Creek ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Stamp Creek is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stamp Creek
- Sugar Hill ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Sugar Hill is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Hill
How Far From Waleska to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a city such as Waleska to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Waleska and extending to:
- Canton, which is the Seat of Cherokee County, lies just to the South Southeast.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 39 miles [62.8 km]<2> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could walk a straight line from Waleska to Atlanta, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 522 miles [840.1 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 6,419 miles [10,330.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,125 miles [11,466.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,002 miles [8,049.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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- Waleska) 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 Waleska 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 Waleska. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.3167, Longitude: -84.5528 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.374 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.896 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.214 degrees. |
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