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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 Hampton, we use the following websites to find information relevant to West Hampton 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 West Hampton:
    • 33.962046, -84.652713
    • 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 Hampton
  • 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 West Hampton is near Paulding County and also Cherokee County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Paulding County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cherokee 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 Hampton

Communities Also Named West Hampton ...

We found six communities that are also named West Hampton.

There are two communities within Georgia that are also named West Hampton.

Beyond Georgia, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Georgia ...
    • Columbia County
      • This West Hampton is located in Columbia County and lies 151 miles [243 km]<1> to the east of the West Hampton that is located in Cobb County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Columbia County community of West Hampton.
    • Henry County
      • This West Hampton is located in Henry County and lies 44 miles [70.8 km]<1> to the south southeast of the West Hampton that is located in Cobb County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henry County community of West Hampton.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Florida
      • Hillsborough County
      • This West Hampton is located in Hillsborough County and lies 423 miles [680.8 km]<1> to the south southeast of the West Hampton that is located in Cobb County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of West Hampton.
    • Kansas
      • Mitchell County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of West Hampton [Mitchell County].
    • Virginia
      • Hampton City
      • This West Hampton is located in Hampton City and lies 511 miles [822.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the West Hampton that is located in Cobb County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hampton City community of West Hampton.
      • Roanoke City
      • This West Hampton is located in Roanoke City and lies 346 miles [556.8 km] to the northeast of the West Hampton that is located in Cobb County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Roanoke City community of West Hampton.

Curious and Interesting Names Near West Hampton ...

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 Shanty Hills
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Big Shanty Hills is located in Cobb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Shanty Hills
  • Fox Ridge
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Fox Ridge is located in Paulding County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Ridge
  • Gold Creek
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Gold Creek is located in Paulding County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Creek
  • Hardy Hills
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Hardy Hills is located in Paulding County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardy Hills
  • Hunt Club
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Hunt Club is located in Cobb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunt Club
  • Lakeview Heights
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Lakeview Heights is located in Cobb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Heights
  • Lost Mountain
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Lost Mountain is located in Cobb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Mountain
  • Lost Mountain Woods
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Lost Mountain Woods is located in Paulding County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Mountain Woods
  • Mars Hill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Mars Hill is located in Cobb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mars Hill
  • Mars Hill Downs
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Mars Hill Downs is located in Cobb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mars Hill Downs
  • Powder Mill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Powder Mill is located in Paulding County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powder Mill
  • Red Rock
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Red Rock is located in Cobb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Rock
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Red Rock Hills
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Red Rock Hills is located in Cobb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Rock Hills
    • Signal Point
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Signal Point is located in Cobb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Signal Point
    • Story ‑ Historic
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Story is located in Cobb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Story
    • Timberchase
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Timberchase is located in Paulding County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timberchase

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in West Hampton and extending to:

  • Marietta, which is the Seat of Cobb County, lies just to the East.
  • Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could walk a straight line from West Hampton to Atlanta, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 542 miles [872.3 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 22 days and walking would take 31 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,440 miles [10,364.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,145 miles [11,498.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,022 miles [8,082.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- West Hampton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 West Hampton 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.
<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 West Hampton 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 Hampton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.9620, Longitude: -84.6527       In this case, the coordinates for West Hampton have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.418 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.897 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.34 degrees.