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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 Abac, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Abac 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 Abac:
- 31.483841, -83.530984
- 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 Abac
- 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 Tift County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Tift County
- Since Abac is near Irwin County and also Turner County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Irwin County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Turner 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 Abac
Curious and Interesting Names Near Abac ...
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.
- Eldorado
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Eldorado is located in Tift County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- Ferry Lake
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Ferry Lake is located in Tift County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferry Lake
- Hoganville ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Hoganville is located in Tift County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoganville
- Kelltown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Kelltown is located in Tift County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelltown
- Pebblebrook
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Pebblebrook is located in Tift County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pebblebrook
- Sunsweet
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Sunsweet is located in Tift County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunsweet
- Ty Ty
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Unionville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
How Far From Abac 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 Abac to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Abac and extending to:
- Tifton, which is the Seat of Tift County, lies just to the South Southeast.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 164 miles [263.9 km]<2> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from Abac to Atlanta, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 629 miles [1,012.3 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 25 days and walking would take 36 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,506 miles [10,470.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,196 miles [11,580.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,080 miles [8,175.5 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Abac) 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 Abac 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 Abac. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.4838, Longitude: -83.5310 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.65 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.664 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.494 degrees. |
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