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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 Williamsburg Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Williamsburg Park 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 Williamsburg Park:
- 33.597333, -84.439927
- 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 Williamsburg Park
- 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 Clayton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clayton County
- Since Williamsburg Park is near Fulton County and also Fayette County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fulton County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fayette 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 Williamsburg Park
Curious and Interesting Names Near Williamsburg Park ...
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
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Beaver Creek is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Creek
- Brandy Chase
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Brandy Chase is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandy Chase
- Castlegate
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Castlegate is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castlegate
- Cheeko Manor
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Cheeko Manor is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheeko Manor
- Cooks Crossing
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Cooks Crossing is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooks Crossing
- Evans Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Evans Park is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans Park
- Frog Hollow
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Frog Hollow is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frog Hollow
- Golden Meadows
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Golden Meadows is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Meadows
- Green Acres
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Green Acres is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
- Hillandale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Hillandale is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillandale
- Hollydale
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Hollydale is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollydale
- Kings Forest
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Kings Forest is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Forest
- Estimated population in 2019: 17,949 people
- Continue List (7 more) ...
- Lakeview Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Lakeview Heights is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Heights
- Limetree
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Limetree is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limetree
- Malibu
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Malibu is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malibu
- Normandy
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Normandy is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Normandy
- Estimated population in 2019: 962 people
- Pleasant Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Steeplechase
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Steeplechase is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steeplechase
- Twin Creeks
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Twin Creeks is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Creeks
How Far From Williamsburg Park 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 Williamsburg Park to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Williamsburg Park and extending to:
- Jonesboro, which is the Seat of Clayton County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could walk a straight line from Williamsburg Park to Atlanta, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 550 miles [885.1 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 32 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,448 miles [10,377.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,150 miles [11,506.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,029 miles [8,093.4 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Williamsburg Park) 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 Williamsburg Park 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 Williamsburg Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.5973, Longitude: -84.4399 In this case, the coordinates for Williamsburg Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.277 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.684 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.344 degrees. |
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