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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 Little Shawmut, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Little Shawmut 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 Little Shawmut:
- 32.846795, -85.209942
- 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 Little Shawmut
- 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 Chambers County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Chambers County
- Since Little Shawmut is near Troup County and also Harris County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Troup County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Harris 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 Little Shawmut
Curious and Interesting Names Near Little Shawmut ...
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.
- Cottons Crossroads
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Cottons Crossroads is located in Troup County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottons Crossroads
- Glass
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Glass is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glass
- Houston Ferry
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Houston Ferry is located in Harris County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston Ferry
- Magnolia Ferry
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Magnolia Ferry is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia Ferry
- Nelson
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Nelson is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
- Plant City
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Plant City is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plant City
- River View
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- River View is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River View
- Valley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
How Far From Little Shawmut 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 Little Shawmut to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Little Shawmut and extending to:
- LaFayette, which is the Seat of Chambers County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Little Shawmut to LaFayette, with an average speed<3> 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.
- Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 71 miles [114.3 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take 4 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 618 miles [994.6 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 6,516 miles [10,486.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,217 miles [11,614.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,096 miles [8,201.2 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 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Little Shawmut) 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 Little Shawmut 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 Little Shawmut. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.8468, Longitude: -85.2099 In this case, the coordinates for Little Shawmut have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.691 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.056 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.816 degrees. |
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