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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 West Crossing, we use the following websites to find information relevant to West Crossing 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 West Crossing:
- 33.730662, -85.244673
- 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 West Crossing
- 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 Haralson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Haralson County
- Since West Crossing is near Carroll County and also Cleburne County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Carroll County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cleburne 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 West Crossing
Communities Also Named West Crossing ...
We found one communities that are also named West Crossing.
Within Georgia, the name West Crossing is unique.
Beyond Georgia, there is another community also named West Crossing in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- New York
- Ontario 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 New York community of West Crossing [Ontario County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near West Crossing ...
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.
- Dugdown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Dugdown is located in Haralson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dugdown
- High Point
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- High Point is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Point
- Hopewell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hopewell is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
- Jake
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Jake is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jake
- Estimated population in 2019: 146 people
- Jonesville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Jonesville is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesville
- Little Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Little Creek is located in Haralson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Creek
- Luckie ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Luckie is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luckie
- Mars Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mars Hill is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mars Hill
- Piney Woods
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Piney Woods is located in Haralson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Woods
- Plainview
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Plainview is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview
- Plowshare ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Plowshare is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plowshare
- Poplar Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Poplar Springs is located in Haralson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Springs
- Tabernacle
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Tabernacle is located in Haralson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabernacle
- Waco
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
How Far From West Crossing 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 community such as West Crossing to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in West Crossing and extending to:
- Buchanan, which is the Seat of Haralson County, lies just to the North Northeast.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 49 miles [78.9 km]<3> to the east (E). If you could walk a straight line from West Crossing to Atlanta, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 579 miles [931.8 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 23 days and walking would take 33 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,476 miles [10,422.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,181 miles [11,556.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,058 miles [8,140.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek 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 West Crossing 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- West Crossing) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 West Crossing 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 West Crossing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.7307, Longitude: -85.2447 In this case, the coordinates for West Crossing have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.758 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.257 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.628 degrees. |
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