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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 New Georgia, we use the following websites to find information relevant to New Georgia and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 New Georgia:
    • 34.901196, -87.247518
    • 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 New Georgia
  • 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 Lauderdale County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lauderdale County
    • Since New Georgia is near Limestone County and also Lawrence County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Limestone County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lawrence 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 New Georgia

Communities Also Named New Georgia ...

We found three communities that are also named New Georgia.

There is one other community in Alabama that is also named New Georgia.

Beyond Alabama, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Alabama ...
    • Winston County
      • This New Georgia is located in Winston County and lies 46 miles [74 km]<1> to the south of the New Georgia that is located in Lauderdale County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Winston County community of New Georgia.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Georgia
      • Paulding County
      • This New Georgia is located in Paulding County and lies 154 miles [247.8 km]<1> to the east southeast of the New Georgia that is located in Lauderdale County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Paulding County community of New Georgia.
    • Kansas
      • Miami County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of New Georgia [Miami County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near New Georgia ...

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.

  • Cairo
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Cairo is located in Limestone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo
  • Cedar Grove
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Cedar Grove is located in Limestone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
  • Cedar Hill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Cedar Hill is located in Lauderdale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hill
  • Confluence
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Confluence is located in Lauderdale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Confluence
  • Elk Shores
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Elk Shores is located in Lauderdale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Shores
  • Good Springs
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Good Springs is located in Limestone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Springs
  • Grassy
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Grassy is located in Lauderdale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassy
  • Hurricane ‑ Historic
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Hurricane is located in Lauderdale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurricane
  • Moody Ford
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Moody Ford is located in Lauderdale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moody Ford
  • Oliver
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Oliver is located in Lauderdale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliver
  • Pleasant Grove
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Pleasant Grove is located in Limestone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
  • Rogersville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Rogersville is located in Lauderdale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogersville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,293 people
    • Former name for Rogersville:
    • Rodgersville
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rogersville <3>
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Romine
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Romine is located in Lauderdale County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Romine
    • Shoemaker Springs ‑ Historic
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Shoemaker Springs is located in Limestone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoemaker Springs
    • Sugar ‑ Historic
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Sugar is located in Lauderdale County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar
    • Union Hill
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Union Hill is located in Limestone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Hill

How Far From New Georgia 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 New Georgia to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<4> community of New Georgia once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in New Georgia and extending to:

  • Florence, which is the Seat of Lauderdale County, lies 25 miles [40.2 km]<1> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from New Georgia to Florence, with an average speed<5> 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 most of a day.
  • Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 182 miles [292.9 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 627 miles [1,009.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 25 days and walking would take 36 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,503 miles [10,465.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,219 miles [11,617.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,094 miles [8,198 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'

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- New Georgia) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that New Georgia could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about New Georgia, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<5>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.
<6>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 New Georgia 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 New Georgia. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.9012, Longitude: -87.2475       In this case, the coordinates for New Georgia have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.026 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.883 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.178 degrees.