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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 Loflin, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Loflin 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 Loflin:
- 32.192820, -85.023194
- 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 Loflin
- 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 Loflin is near Stewart County and also Chattahoochee County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Stewart 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 Loflin
Curious and Interesting Names Near Loflin ...
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.
- Childs Place
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Childs Place is located in Stewart County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Childs Place
- Cottage Mills ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cottage Mills is located in Chattahoochee County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage Mills
- Florence
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Glenville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Heard Place
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Heard Place is located in Stewart County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heard Place
- Holy Trinity
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Holy Trinity is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holy Trinity
- Power Place
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Power Place is located in Stewart County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Power Place
- Spring Grove ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Spring Grove is located in Stewart County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Grove
- Union
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Union is located in Stewart County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
How Far From Loflin 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 Loflin to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Loflin and extending to:
- Phenix City, which is the Seat of Russell County, lies 18 miles [29 km]<1> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Loflin to Phenix City, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 75 miles [120.7 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 644 miles [1,036.4 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 26 days and walking would take 37 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,539 miles [10,523.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,236 miles [11,645.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,117 miles [8,235 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Loflin) 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 Loflin 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 Loflin. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.1928, Longitude: -85.0232 In this case, the coordinates for Loflin have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.544 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.796 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.889 degrees. |
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