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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 Winndale, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Winndale 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 Winndale:
- 33.891493, -84.812994
- 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 Winndale
- 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 Paulding County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Paulding County
- Since Winndale is near Cobb County and also Douglas County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cobb County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Douglas 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 Winndale
Curious and Interesting Names Near Winndale ...
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.
- Echo Ridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Echo Ridge is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo Ridge
- Emerald Forest
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Emerald Forest is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerald Forest
- Forest Echo
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Forest Echo is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Echo
- Green Meadows
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Green Meadows is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Meadows
- Greenacres
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Greenacres is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenacres
- Hart Circle
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hart Circle is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hart Circle
- Hearthwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Hearthwood is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hearthwood
- Hickory Gap
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Hickory Gap is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Gap
- Honeysuckle Plantation
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Indian Lake
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Indian Lake is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Lake
- Indian Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Indian Springs is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Springs
- Lake Swan
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Lake Swan is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Swan
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Meadow Lark
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Meadow Lark is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Lark
- Meadowbrook
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Meadowbrook is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowbrook
- Mountain Trace
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mountain Trace is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Trace
- Musket Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Musket Ridge is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Musket Ridge
- Oak Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Creek is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Creek
- Quail Run
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Quail Run is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Run
- Spanish Trails
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Spanish Trails is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spanish Trails
- Sunset Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Sunset Hills is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Hills
- Swan Lake
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Swan Lake is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan Lake
How Far From Winndale 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 Winndale to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Winndale and extending to:
- Dallas, which is the Seat of Paulding County, lies just to the Northwest.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 26 miles [41.8 km]<1> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could walk a straight line from Winndale 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 just over a day.
- 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<3> 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).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,155 miles [11,514.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,032 miles [8,098.2 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Winndale) 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 Winndale 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 Winndale. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.8915, Longitude: -84.8130 In this case, the coordinates for Winndale have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.51 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.993 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.42 degrees. |
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