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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 Willow Bend, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Willow Bend 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 Willow Bend:
    • 33.488447, -84.370480
    • 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 Willow Bend
  • 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 Willow Bend is near Fayette County and also Henry County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Fayette County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Henry 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 Willow Bend

Communities Also Named Willow Bend ...

We found seven communities that are also named Willow Bend.

There is one other community in Georgia that is also named Willow Bend.

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

  • Communities Located In Georgia ...
    • Muscogee County
      • This Willow Bend is located in Muscogee County and lies 74 miles [119.1 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Willow Bend that is located in Clayton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Muscogee County community of Willow Bend.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Coffee County
      • This Willow Bend is located in Coffee County and lies 172 miles [276.8 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Willow Bend that is located in Clayton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coffee County community of Willow Bend.
      • Madison County
      • This Willow Bend is located in Madison County and lies 147 miles [236.6 km] to the northwest of the Willow Bend that is located in Clayton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Willow Bend.
    • North Carolina
      • Henderson County
      • This Willow Bend is located in Henderson County and lies 165 miles [265.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Willow Bend that is located in Clayton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henderson County community of Willow Bend.
    • Tennessee
      • Montgomery County
      • This Willow Bend is located in Montgomery County and lies 268 miles [431.3 km]<1> to the northwest of the Willow Bend that is located in Clayton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Willow Bend.
    • Texas
      • Harris County
      • This Willow Bend is located in Harris County and lies 703 miles [1,131.4 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Willow Bend that is located in Clayton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harris County community of Willow Bend.
    • West Virginia
      • Monroe 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 West Virginia community of Willow Bend [Monroe County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Willow Bend ...

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.

  • Bonanza
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Bonanza is located in Clayton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonanza
  • Camelot
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Camelot is located in Clayton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot
  • Cottonwood
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Cottonwood is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood
  • Emerald Hills
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Emerald Hills is located in Clayton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerald Hills
  • Fox Run
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Fox Run is located in Clayton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Run
  • Gamma
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Gamma is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gamma
  • Iron Gate
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Iron Gate is located in Clayton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Gate
  • Irondale
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Irondale is located in Clayton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irondale
  • Lake Chase
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Lake Chase is located in Clayton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Chase
  • Lovejoy
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Mockingbird Hill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Mockingbird Hill is located in Clayton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mockingbird Hill
  • Orchard Hills
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Orchard Hills is located in Clayton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Hills
  • Continue List   (5 more) ...
    • Ponderosa
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Ponderosa is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponderosa
    • Quail Valley
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Quail Valley is located in Clayton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Valley
    • Spring Valley
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Spring Valley is located in Clayton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
    • Timberlake
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Timberlake is located in Clayton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timberlake
    • Walnut Creek
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Walnut Creek is located in Clayton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Creek

How Far From Willow Bend 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 Willow Bend to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Jonesboro, which is the Seat of Clayton County, lies just to the North Northeast.
  • Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 18 miles [29 km]<1> to the north (N). If you could walk a straight line from Willow Bend to Atlanta, with an average speed<4> 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 five to six hours.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 553 miles [890 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,450 miles [10,380.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,152 miles [11,510 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,030 miles [8,095 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Willow Bend) 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 Willow Bend 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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<5>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 Willow Bend 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 Willow Bend. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.4884, Longitude: -84.3705       In this case, the coordinates for Willow Bend have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.232 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.616 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.342 degrees.