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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 Fincher, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fincher 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 Fincher:
- 30.660198, -83.966001
- 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 Fincher
- 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 Jefferson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson County
- Since Fincher is near Thomas County and also Leon County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Thomas County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Leon 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 Fincher
Curious and Interesting Names Near Fincher ...
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
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Beverly is located in Thomas County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beverly
- Booker Heights
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Booker Heights is located in Thomas County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Booker Heights
- Dills
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Dills is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dills
- Everett
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Everett is located in Thomas County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everett
- Glasgow
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Glasgow is located in Thomas County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glasgow
- Lambville ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Lambville is located in Thomas County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambville
- Lloyd
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Pebble Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Pebble Hill is located in Thomas County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pebble Hill
- Peck
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Peck is located in Leon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peck
- Pleasant Hill ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Grady County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Roddenberry ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Roddenberry is located in Thomas County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roddenberry
How Far From Fincher 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 Fincher to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Fincher and extending to:
- Monticello, which is the Seat of Jefferson County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Fincher to Monticello, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest (SW). The buggy would take most of a day and walking would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 690 miles [1,110.4 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 27 days and walking would take 40 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,563 miles [10,562.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,251 miles [11,669.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,137 miles [8,267.2 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Fincher) 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 Fincher 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 Fincher. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.6602, Longitude: -83.9660 In this case, the coordinates for Fincher have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.844 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.774 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.832 degrees. |
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