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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 Georgetown Addition, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Georgetown Addition 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 Georgetown Addition:
- 33.652895, -93.594622
- 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 Georgetown Addition
- 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 Hempstead County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hempstead County
- Since Georgetown Addition is near Nevada County and also Lafayette County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Nevada County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lafayette 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 Georgetown Addition
Curious and Interesting Names Near Georgetown Addition ...
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.
- Centerville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Centerville is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Evening Shade
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Evening Shade is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evening Shade
- Green Acres
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Green Acres is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
- Guernsey
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Guernsey is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guernsey
- Hope
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Perrytown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Perrytown is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perrytown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 257 people
- Powers
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Powers is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powers
- Rocky Mound
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Rocky Mound is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Mound
- Wafers Crossing
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Wafers Crossing is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wafers Crossing
How Far From Georgetown Addition 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 Georgetown Addition to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Georgetown Addition and extending to:
- Hope, which is the Seat of Hempstead County, lies just to the North.
- Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 106 miles [170.6 km]<2> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Georgetown Addition to Little Rock, 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 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 988 miles [1,590 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 39 days and walking would take 57 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,817 miles [10,970.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,545 miles [12,142.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,422 miles [8,725.9 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Georgetown Addition) 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 Georgetown Addition 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 Georgetown Addition. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.6529, Longitude: -93.5946 In this case, the coordinates for Georgetown Addition have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.933 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.248 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.126 degrees. |
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