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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 Ailey, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ailey 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 Ailey:
- 32.187566, -82.566125
- 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 Ailey
- 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 Montgomery County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Montgomery County
- Since Ailey is near Wheeler County and also Toombs County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wheeler County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Toombs 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 Ailey
Curious and Interesting Names Near Ailey ...
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.
- Center
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Center is located in Toombs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center
- Charles
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Charles is located in Toombs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charles
- Charlotteville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Charlotteville is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlotteville
- Jordan
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jordan is located in Wheeler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan
- Long Pond
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Long Pond is located in Wheeler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Pond
- Oak Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Grove is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Rock Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Santa Claus
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Santa Claus is located in Toombs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Claus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 160 people
- Tarrytown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
How Far From Ailey to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a city such as Ailey to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Ailey and extending to:
- Mount Vernon, which is the Seat of Montgomery County, lies just to the West Southwest.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 151 miles [243 km]<2> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Ailey to Atlanta, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 557 miles [896.4 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 22 days and walking would take 32 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,432 miles [10,351.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,122 miles [11,461.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,006 miles [8,056.4 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Ailey) 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 Ailey 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 Ailey. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.1876, Longitude: -82.5661 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.14 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.174 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.977 degrees. |
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