Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Woollys, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Woollys and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Woollys
- 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 Woollys:
- 34.238150, -84.993000
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Woollys
- 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 Bartow County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Bartow County
- Since Woollys is near Floyd County and also Gordon County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Floyd County
- eBird sighting report for Gordon 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:
- Waymark.com
Curious and Interesting Names Near Woollys ...
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.
- Bass Ferry
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bass Ferry have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bass Ferry
- Bass Ferry is located in Floyd County
- Chapel Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chapel Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill
- Chapel Hill is located in Floyd County
- Crossroads
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crossroads have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossroads
- Crossroads is located in Bartow County
- Fieldwood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west) - Ford ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast) - Freeman Ferry
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Freeman Ferry have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman Ferry
- Freeman Ferry is located in Floyd County
- Freemans ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west) - Halls
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast) - Hermitage
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest) - Continue List (6 more) ...
- Jones Heights
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jones Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Heights
- Jones Heights is located in Bartow County
- Maplewood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west) - Maplewood Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maplewood Park have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood Park
- Maplewood Park is located in Floyd County
- Maplewood Square
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maplewood Square have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood Square
- Maplewood Square is located in Floyd County
- Snow Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Snow Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Springs
- Snow Springs is located in Bartow County
- Waters Store ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Waters Store have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waters Store
- Waters Store is located in Floyd County
- Jones Heights
How Far From Woollys 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 Woollys to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<3> community of Woollys once stood, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Woollys and extending to:
- Cartersville, which is the Seat of Bartow County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<4> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Woollys to Cartersville, with an average speed<5> 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.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 48 miles [77.2 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 545 miles [877.1 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 22 days and walking would take 31 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,442 miles [10,367.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,148 miles [11,503.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,025 miles [8,087 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Bartow County: www.bartowga.org/
The official website for State of Georgia: https://georgia.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <2> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <3> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Woollys, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Woollys) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Woollys. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.2381, Longitude: -84.9930 In this case, the coordinates for Woollys have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Woollys to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.632 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.182 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.409 degrees. |