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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 Whitney Station, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Whitney Station 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 Whitney Station:
    • 34.025656, -84.679936
    • 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 Whitney Station
  • 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 Whitney Station is near Paulding County and also Bartow 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 Bartow 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 Whitney Station

Curious and Interesting Names Near Whitney Station ...

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
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Big Shanty Hills is located in Cobb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Shanty Hills
  • Cedar Ridge
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Cedar Ridge is located in Paulding County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Ridge
  • Cross Roads
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Cross Roads is located in Paulding County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Roads
  • Emerald Willows
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Emerald Willows is located in Cobb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerald Willows
  • Falcon Shores
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Falcon Shores is located in Cobb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falcon Shores
  • Hunt Club
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Hunt Club is located in Cobb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunt Club
  • Hunters Cove
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Hunters Cove is located in Cobb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Cove
  • Iron Hill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Iron Hill is located in Bartow County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Hill
  • Lakeview Heights
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Lakeview Heights is located in Cobb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Heights
  • Mars Hill
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Mars Hill is located in Cobb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mars Hill
  • Mars Hill Downs
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Mars Hill Downs is located in Cobb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mars Hill Downs
  • Plantation Walk
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Plantation Walk is located in Cherokee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plantation Walk
  • Continue List   (5 more) ...
    • Red Rock
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Red Rock is located in Cobb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Rock
    • Red Rock Hills
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Red Rock Hills is located in Cobb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Rock Hills
    • Signal Point
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Signal Point is located in Cobb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Signal Point
    • Story ‑ Historic
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Story is located in Cobb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Story
    • Summer Trace
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Summer Trace is located in Cobb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer Trace

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

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

  • Marietta, which is the Seat of Cobb County, lies just to the Southeast.
  • Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 25 miles [40.2 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could walk a straight line from Whitney Station to Atlanta, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days 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 541 miles [870.7 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<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,438 miles [10,361 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,143 miles [11,495.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,021 miles [8,080.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Whitney Station) 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 Whitney Station 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 Whitney Station. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.0257, Longitude: -84.6799       In this case, the coordinates for Whitney Station have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.437 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.928 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.335 degrees.