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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 Fontaine Village, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fontaine Village 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 Fontaine Village:
- 32.433477, -85.004098
- 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 Fontaine Village
- 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 Russell County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Russell County
- Since Fontaine Village is near Muscogee County and also Chattahoochee County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Muscogee County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Chattahoochee 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 Fontaine Village
Curious and Interesting Names Near Fontaine Village ...
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.
- Bibb City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Bibb City is located in Muscogee County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bibb City
- Booker Washington Heights
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Brickyard
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Brickyard is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brickyard
- Cherokee Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cherokee Park is located in Muscogee County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Park
- City Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- City Village is located in Muscogee County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for City Village
- Columbus
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Dinglewood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Dinglewood is located in Muscogee County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dinglewood
- Edgewood Forest
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Edgewood Forest is located in Muscogee County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewood Forest
- Holly Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Holly Hills is located in Muscogee County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Hills
- Holly Woods
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Holly Woods is located in Muscogee County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Woods
- Lake Rushin Heights
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Lake Rushin Heights is located in Muscogee County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Rushin Heights
- Merrywood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Merrywood is located in Muscogee County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrywood
- Continue List (7 more) ...
- Pleasantview
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Pleasantview is located in Muscogee County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasantview
- Quail Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Quail Creek is located in Muscogee County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Creek
- Rolling Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Rolling Hills is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Hills
- Rose Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Rose Hill is located in Muscogee County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
- Rose Hill Heights
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Rose Hill Heights is located in Muscogee County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill Heights
- Rosewood
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Rosewood is located in Muscogee County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosewood
- Shack ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Shack is located in Chattahoochee County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shack
How Far From Fontaine Village 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 Fontaine Village to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Fontaine Village and extending to:
- Phenix City, which is the Seat of Russell County, lies just to the North Northwest.
- Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 75 miles [120.7 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Fontaine Village to Montgomery, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 631 miles [1,015.5 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 25 days and walking would take 36 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,526 miles [10,502.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,225 miles [11,627.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,105 miles [8,215.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Fontaine Village) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Fontaine Village 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 Fontaine Village. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.4335, Longitude: -85.0041 In this case, the coordinates for Fontaine Village have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.547 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.833 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.829 degrees. |
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