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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 Welchell, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Welchell 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 Welchell:
    • 34.403430, -83.966296
    • 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 Welchell
  • 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 Hall County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hall County
    • Since Welchell is near Lumpkin County and also Dawson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lumpkin County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Dawson 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 Welchell

Curious and Interesting Names Near Welchell ...

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.

  • Big Oak
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Big Oak is located in Hall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Oak
  • Cherokee Hills
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Cherokee Hills is located in Hall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Hills
  • Greystone
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Greystone is located in Hall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greystone
  • Halfway ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Halfway is located in Lumpkin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway
  • Holiday Hills
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Holiday Hills is located in Hall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Hills
  • Indian Hills
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Indian Hills is located in Hall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Hills
  • Lake Ranch
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Lake Ranch is located in Hall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Ranch
  • Lake Shore
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Lake Shore is located in Hall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Shore
  • Leisure Lake
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Leisure Lake is located in Hall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisure Lake
  • Looper Lake
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Looper Lake is located in Hall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Looper Lake
  • Lumpkin
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Lumpkin is located in Dawson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lumpkin
    • Estimated population in 2019: 1,266 people
  • Price
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Price is located in Hall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Scoutland
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Scoutland is located in Hall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scoutland
    • Squirrel Creek
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Squirrel Creek is located in Hall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squirrel Creek
    • Wahoo Forest
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Wahoo Forest is located in Hall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wahoo Forest
    • Wahoo Valley
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Wahoo Valley is located in Hall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wahoo Valley

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

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

  • Gainesville, which is the Seat of Hall County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Welchell to Gainesville, 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 50 miles [80.5 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 493 miles [793.4 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 28 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,391 miles [10,285.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,095 miles [11,418.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,972 miles [8,001.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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- Welchell) 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 Welchell 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 Welchell. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.4034, Longitude: -83.9663       In this case, the coordinates for Welchell have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.03 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.512 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.959 degrees.