Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Raven Branch) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Raven Branch. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.8515, Longitude: -83.1007 In this case, the coordinates for Raven Branch have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).