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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 Akin, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Akin 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 Akin:
    • 31.456055, -81.704278
    • 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 Akin
  • 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 Wayne County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Wayne County
    • Since Akin is near Glynn County and also McIntosh County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Glynn County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for McIntosh 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 Akin

Communities Also Named Akin ...

We found six communities that are also named Akin.

There is one other community in Georgia that is also named Akin.

Beyond Georgia, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Georgia ...
    • Stephens County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Akin [Stephens County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Colorado
      • Mesa County
      • This Akin is located in Mesa County and lies 1,582 miles [2,546 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Akin that is located in Wayne County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mesa County community of Akin.
    • Illinois
      • Franklin County
      • This Akin is located in Franklin County and lies 602 miles [968.8 km]<2> to the northwest of the Akin that is located in Wayne County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Akin.
    • Kansas
      • Graham County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Akin [Graham County].
    • New York
      • Montgomery County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of Akin [Montgomery County].
    • Oregon
      • Douglas County
      • This Akin is located in Douglas County and lies 2,398 miles [3,859.2 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Akin that is located in Wayne County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Douglas County community of Akin.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Akin ...

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.

  • Blunt ‑ Historic
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Blunt is located in Glynn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blunt
  • Credit Hill
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Credit Hill is located in McIntosh County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Credit Hill
  • Everett
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Everett is located in Glynn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everett
  • Ford ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Ford is located in Glynn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ford
  • Horse Ford
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Horse Ford is located in Long County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Ford
  • Jenks ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Jenks is located in Glynn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenks
  • Leake
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Leake is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leake
  • Mount Pleasant
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Mount Pleasant is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
  • Paradise Park
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Paradise Park is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Park
  • Popwellville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Popwellville is located in Brantley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Popwellville
    • Estimated population in 2019: 692 people
  • Sun Hill
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Sun Hill is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Hill

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Akin and extending to:

  • Jesup, which is the Seat of Wayne County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Akin to Jesup, 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.
  • Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 222 miles [357.3 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 577 miles [928.6 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 23 days and walking would take 33 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,427 miles [10,343.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,111 miles [11,444 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,998 miles [8,043.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Akin could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Akin) 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 Akin 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 Akin. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.4561, Longitude: -81.7043       In this case, the coordinates for Akin have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.629 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.482 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.848 degrees.