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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 Windsor Heights, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Windsor Heights 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 Windsor Heights:
- 33.888436, -84.371315
- 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 Windsor Heights
- 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 Fulton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fulton County
- Since Windsor Heights is near DeKalb County and also Cobb County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for DeKalb County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cobb 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 Windsor Heights
Communities Also Named Windsor Heights ...
We found eight communities that are also named Windsor Heights.
Within Georgia, the name Windsor Heights is unique.
Beyond Georgia, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these eight communities, six are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Lauderdale County
- This Windsor Heights is located in Lauderdale County and lies 198 miles [318.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Windsor Heights that is located in Fulton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lauderdale County community of Windsor Heights.
- Iowa
- Polk County
- This Windsor Heights is located in Polk County and lies 736 miles [1,184.5 km]<1> to the northwest of the Windsor Heights that is located in Fulton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Polk County community of Windsor Heights.
- Maryland
- Carroll 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 Maryland community of Windsor Heights [Carroll County].
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- This Windsor Heights lies 1,884 miles [3,032 km]<1> to the northeast of the Windsor Heights that is located in Fulton County.
- Ontario
- This Windsor Heights lies 871 miles [1,401.7 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Windsor Heights that is located in Fulton County.
- South Carolina
- Kershaw County
- This Windsor Heights is located in Kershaw County and lies 214 miles [344.4 km]<1> to the east of the Windsor Heights that is located in Fulton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kershaw County community of Windsor Heights.
- Virginia
- Danville City
- This Windsor Heights is located in Danville City and lies 334 miles [537.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Windsor Heights that is located in Fulton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Danville City community of Windsor Heights.
- West Virginia
- Brooke County
- This Windsor Heights is located in Brooke County and lies 480 miles [772.5 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Windsor Heights that is located in Fulton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Brooke County community of Windsor Heights.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Windsor Heights ...
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.
- Coldstream
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Coldstream is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldstream
- Derby Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Derby Hill is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derby Hill
- Dunwoody
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Edwardsville ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Edwardsville is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwardsville
- Forest Valley
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Forest Valley is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Valley
- Heard Ferry
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Heard Ferry is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heard Ferry
- Hidden Branches
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Hidden Branches is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Branches
- Misty Ridge
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Misty Ridge is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Misty Ridge
- Peachtree Park ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Peachtree Park is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peachtree Park
- Post Harbor
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Post Harbor is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Harbor
- Post River
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Post River is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post River
- Postwoods
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Postwoods is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Postwoods
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Power Ferry
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Power Ferry is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Power Ferry
- Powers Lane
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Powers Lane is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powers Lane
- Redfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Redfield is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redfield
- Sandy Springs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Shadowwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Shadowwood is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadowwood
- Starlight Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Starlight Hills is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starlight Hills
- Trailridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Trailridge is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trailridge
- Treetop
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Treetop is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Treetop
- Village Mill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Village Mill is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village Mill
How Far From Windsor Heights 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 Windsor Heights to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Windsor Heights and extending to:
- Atlanta, which is the Seat of Fulton County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Windsor Heights to Atlanta, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 9 miles [14.5 km] to the south (S). The buggy would take a little over three hours and walking would take four to five hours.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 534 miles [859.4 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 21 days and walking would take 31 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,432 miles [10,351.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,135 miles [11,482.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,013 miles [8,067.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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- Windsor Heights) 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Windsor Heights 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 Windsor Heights 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 Windsor Heights. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.8884, Longitude: -84.3713 In this case, the coordinates for Windsor Heights have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.249 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.692 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.247 degrees. |
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