Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Walnut, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Walnut and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Walnut
- 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 Walnut:
- 34.672314, -83.922409
- 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 Walnut
- 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 Lumpkin County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Lumpkin County
- Since Walnut is near Union County and also White County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Union County
- eBird sighting report for White 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
Communities Also Named Walnut ...
We found 25 communities that share the name Walnut.
Within Georgia, the name Walnut is unique.
Beyond Georgia, we know of another 25 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 25 communities, 24 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- California
- Illinois
- Bureau County
- This Walnut is located in Bureau County and lies 566 miles [910.9 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Walnut that is located in Lumpkin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bureau County community of Walnut.
- Tazewell County
- This Walnut is located in Tazewell County and lies 499 miles [803.1 km] to the northwest of the Walnut that is located in Lumpkin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tazewell County community of Walnut.
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Butler 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 Kansas community of Walnut [Butler County].
- Crawford County
- This Walnut is located in Crawford County and lies 653 miles [1,050.9 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Walnut that is located in Lumpkin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Crawford County community of Walnut.
- Maryland
- Michigan
- Mississippi
- Quitman County
- This Walnut is located in Quitman County and lies 370 miles [595.5 km]<2> to the west of the Walnut that is located in Lumpkin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Quitman County community of Walnut.
- Tippah County
- This Walnut is located in Tippah County and lies 284 miles [457.1 km] to the west of the Walnut that is located in Lumpkin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tippah County community of Walnut.
- Missouri
- Nebraska
- North Carolina
- Ohio
- Fairfield County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Fairfield County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fairfield County community of Walnut.
- Pickaway County
- This Walnut is located in Pickaway County and lies 352 miles [566.5 km]<2> to the north of the Walnut that is located in Lumpkin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pickaway County community of Walnut.
- Oklahoma
- Ontario
- This Walnut lies 577 miles [928.6 km]<2> to the north of the Walnut that is located in Lumpkin County.
- Pennsylvania
- Beaver 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 Pennsylvania community of Walnut [Beaver County].
- Juniata County
- This Walnut is located in Juniata County and lies 535 miles [861 km]<2> to the northeast of the Walnut that is located in Lumpkin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Juniata County community of Walnut.
- Texas
- West Virginia
- Calhoun County
- This Walnut is located in Calhoun County and lies 319 miles [513.4 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Walnut that is located in Lumpkin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calhoun County community of Walnut.
- Pocahontas County
- This Walnut is located in Pocahontas County and lies 335 miles [539.1 km] to the northeast of the Walnut that is located in Lumpkin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pocahontas County community of Walnut.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Walnut ...
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.
- Gates ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast) - Laura ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north) - Owltown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north) - Pleasant Retreat ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Retreat have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Retreat
- Pleasant Retreat is located in White County
- Porter Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Porter Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porter Springs
- Porter Springs is located in Lumpkin County
- Sarah
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west) - Stay ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south) - Tube ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south) - Wild ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south) - Willow ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
How Far From Walnut 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 Walnut 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 community of Walnut once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Walnut and extending to:
- Dahlonega, which is the Seat of Lumpkin County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Walnut to Dahlonega, with an average speed<5> 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 68 miles [109.4 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 479 miles [770.9 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 19 days and walking would take 28 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,376 miles [10,261.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,082 miles [11,397.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,959 miles [7,980.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for State of Georgia: https://georgia.gov/
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 Walnut 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Walnut) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Walnut. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.6723, Longitude: -83.9224 In this case, the coordinates for Walnut have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Walnut, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <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 Walnut 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 312.013 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.53 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.873 degrees. |