Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Westlake, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Westlake and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Westlake
- 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 Westlake:
- 32.489037, -83.483513
- 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 Westlake
- 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 Twiggs County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Twiggs County
- Since Westlake is near Bleckley County and also Houston County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Bleckley County
- eBird sighting report for Houston 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 Westlake ...
We found fifteen communities that share the name Westlake.
There is one other community in Georgia which is also named Westlake.
Beyond Georgia, we know of another fourteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Georgia ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Florida
- Idaho
- Illinois
- DuPage 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 Illinois community of Westlake [DuPage County].
- Will County
- This Westlake is located in Will County and lies 680 miles [1,094.4 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Westlake that is located in Twiggs County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Will County community of Westlake.
- Louisiana
- Calcasieu Parish
- This Westlake is located in Calcasieu Parish and lies 596 miles [959.2 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Westlake that is located in Twiggs County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calcasieu Parish community of Westlake.
- Natchitoches Parish
- This Westlake is located in Natchitoches Parish and lies 567 miles [912.5 km] to the west of the Westlake that is located in Twiggs County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Natchitoches Parish community of Westlake.
- Maryland
- Montana
- Ohio
- Oregon
- Texas
- Harris County
- This Westlake is located in Harris County and lies 745 miles [1,199 km]<1> to the west of the Westlake that is located in Twiggs County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harris County community of Westlake.
- Tarrant County
- This Westlake is located in Tarrant County and lies 797 miles [1,282.6 km] to the west of the Westlake that is located in Twiggs County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tarrant County community of Westlake.
- Washington
Curious and Interesting Names Near Westlake ...
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.
- Beaver Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beaver Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Creek
- Beaver Creek is located in Houston County
- Creekside
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest) - Deerwood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest) - District Path
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for District Path have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for District Path
- District Path is located in Twiggs County
- Doublegate
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Doublegate have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doublegate
- Doublegate is located in Houston County
- Five Points
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Five Points have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Five Points is located in Bleckley County
- Forest Pointe
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forest Pointe have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Pointe
- Forest Pointe is located in Houston County
- Hickory Woods
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hickory Woods have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Woods
- Hickory Woods is located in Houston County
- Holly Bluff
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holly Bluff have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Bluff
- Holly Bluff is located in Houston County
- Kathleen
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kathleen have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kathleen
- Kathleen is located in Houston County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kathleen <4>
- Kings Crossing
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kings Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Crossing
- Kings Crossing is located in Houston County
- Royal
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast) - Sand Bed
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west) - Willow Run
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Willow Run have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Run
- Willow Run is located in Houston County
How Far From Westlake 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 Westlake to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Westlake and extending to:
- Jeffersonville, which is the Seat of Twiggs County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Westlake to Jeffersonville, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 101 miles [162.5 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 571 miles [918.9 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 23 days and walking would take 33 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,458 miles [10,393.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,153 miles [11,511.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,034 miles [8,101.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Westlake. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Twiggs County: www.twiggscounty.us/
The official website for State of Georgia: https://georgia.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Westlake) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Westlake. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.4890, Longitude: -83.4835 In this case, the coordinates for Westlake have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Westlake 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> | 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. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Westlake 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 311.674 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.832 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.243 degrees. |