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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 Wild Fern, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wild Fern 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 Wild Fern:
- 34.294269, -83.790731
- 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 Wild Fern
- 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 Wild Fern is near Jackson County and also Banks County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jackson County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Banks 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 Wild Fern
Curious and Interesting Names Near Wild Fern ...
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.
- Cherrywood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Cherrywood is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherrywood
- Chicopee
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Chicopee is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chicopee
- Evergreen Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Evergreen Heights is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Heights
- Fleetwood
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Fleetwood is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleetwood
- Frontier Trail
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Frontier Trail is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frontier Trail
- Green Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Green Hills is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hills
- Greenway
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Greenway is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenway
- Holland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Holland is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland
- New Holland
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- New Holland is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Holland
- Pine Point
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Pine Point is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Point
- Quiet Place in the Woods
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Rabbitown
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Rabbitown is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rabbitown
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Rainbow Village
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Rainbow Village is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainbow Village
- River Point
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- River Point is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Point
- Riverbend
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Riverbend is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverbend
- Shady Valley
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Shady Valley is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Valley
- Shamrock Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Shamrock Heights is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shamrock Heights
- Sunset Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Sunset Heights is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Heights
How Far From Wild Fern 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 Wild Fern to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Wild Fern and extending to:
- Gainesville, which is the Seat of Hall County, lies just to the West.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 50 miles [80.5 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could walk a straight line from Wild Fern to Atlanta, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three 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 490 miles [788.6 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, 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 6,388 miles [10,280.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,092 miles [11,413.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,969 miles [7,996.8 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- Wild Fern) 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 Wild Fern 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 Wild Fern. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.2943, Longitude: -83.7907 In this case, the coordinates for Wild Fern have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.923 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.374 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.917 degrees. |
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