Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Felkel, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Felkel and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Felkel

• 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 Felkel:
  • 30.597143, -84.117673
  • 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 Felkel

• 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 Leon County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Leon County
  • Since Felkel is near Jefferson County and also Grady County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Grady 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 Felkel

Curious and Interesting Names Near Felkel ...

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.

• Beverly ‑ Historic
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Beverly is located in Thomas County (GA)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beverly
• Centerville
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Centerville is located in Leon County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
• Good Hope ‑ Historic
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Good Hope is located in Grady County (GA)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Hope
  • Estimated population in 2019: 300 people
• Lloyd
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Lloyd is located in Jefferson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloyd
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lloyd <1>
• Meridian
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Meridian is located in Leon County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meridian
• Pebble Hill
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Pebble Hill is located in Thomas County (GA)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pebble Hill
• Peck
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Peck is located in Leon County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peck
• Pleasant Hill ‑ Historic
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Pleasant Hill is located in Grady County (GA)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
• Rocky Hill
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Rocky Hill is located in Grady County (GA)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Hill
• Roddenberry ‑ Historic
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Roddenberry is located in Thomas County (GA)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roddenberry
• Zion Hill
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Zion Hill is located in Leon County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion Hill

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Felkel and extending to:

• Tallahassee, which is the Seat of Leon County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Felkel to Tallahassee, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
• Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest (SW). The buggy would take four to five hours and walking would take most of a day.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 699 miles [1,124.9 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 28 days and walking would take 40 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,573 miles [10,578.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,261 miles [11,685.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,146 miles [8,281.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'