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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 Woolsey Creek Plantation, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Woolsey Creek Plantation and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Woolsey Creek Plantation
- 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 Woolsey Creek Plantation:
- 33.359560, -84.413814
- 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 Woolsey Creek Plantation
- 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 Fayette County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fayette County
- Since Woolsey Creek Plantation is near Clayton County and also Spalding County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clayton County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Spalding 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 Woolsey Creek Plantation
Curious and Interesting Names Near Woolsey Creek Plantation ...
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.
- Birdie
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Birdie is located in Spalding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdie
- Broom Hall
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Broom Hall is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broom Hall
- Cross Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Cross Creek is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Creek
- Friendship
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Friendship is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Gypsy Woods
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Gypsy Woods is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gypsy Woods
- Harp
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Harp is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harp
- Kingswood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Kingswood is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingswood
- Marion
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Marion is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
- Porters Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Porters Ridge is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porters Ridge
- Quail Hollow
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Quail Hollow is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Hollow
- Rest ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Rest is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rest
How Far From Woolsey Creek Plantation 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 Woolsey Creek Plantation to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Woolsey Creek Plantation and extending to:
- Fayetteville, which is the Seat of Fayette County, lies just to the North Northwest.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 27 miles [43.5 km]<1> to the north (N). If you could walk a straight line from Woolsey Creek Plantation 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 561 miles [902.8 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 6,458 miles [10,393.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,159 miles [11,521.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,038 miles [8,107.9 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Woolsey Creek Plantation) 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 Woolsey Creek Plantation 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 Woolsey Creek Plantation. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.3596, Longitude: -84.4138 In this case, the coordinates for Woolsey Creek Plantation have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.252 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.62 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.39 degrees. |
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