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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 Allenwood, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Allenwood and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Allenwood:
    • 33.069864, -83.261267
    • 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 Allenwood
  • 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 Baldwin County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Baldwin County
    • Since Allenwood is near Putnam County and also Jones County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Putnam County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Jones 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 Allenwood

Communities Also Named Allenwood ...

We found five communities that are also named Allenwood.

Within Georgia, the name Allenwood is unique.

Beyond Georgia, we know of five communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these five communities, four are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Maryland
      • Wicomico 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 Maryland community of Allenwood [Wicomico County].
    • New Jersey
      • Monmouth County
      • This Allenwood is located in Monmouth County and lies 703 miles [1,131.4 km]<2> to the northeast of the Allenwood that is located in Baldwin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monmouth County community of Allenwood.
    • New York
      • Nassau 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 Allenwood [Nassau County].
    • Ontario
      • This Allenwood lies 813 miles [1,308.4 km]<2> to the north of the Allenwood that is located in Baldwin County.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Union County
      • This Allenwood is located in Union County and lies 655 miles [1,054.1 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Allenwood that is located in Baldwin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Union County community of Allenwood.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Allenwood ...

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.

  • Coopers
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Coopers is located in Baldwin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coopers
  • Dennis
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Dennis is located in Putnam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennis
  • Flat Rock
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Flat Rock is located in Putnam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
  • Fortville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Fortville is located in Jones County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fortville
  • Goldens Mill ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Goldens Mill is located in Wilkinson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldens Mill
  • Haddock
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Harrisburg
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Harrisburg is located in Baldwin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisburg
  • Martins Ferry
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Martins Ferry is located in Putnam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martins Ferry
  • Mount Pleasant
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Mount Pleasant is located in Baldwin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
  • Sandtown
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Sandtown is located in Baldwin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandtown
  • Tucker Ferry
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Tucker Ferry is located in Baldwin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tucker Ferry

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

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

  • Milledgeville, which is the Seat of Baldwin County, lies just to the East Northeast.
  • Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 80 miles [128.7 km]<2> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Allenwood to Atlanta, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 531 miles [854.6 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 21 days and walking would take 31 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,422 miles [10,335.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,118 miles [11,455.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,999 miles [8,045.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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 Allenwood 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Allenwood) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<5>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 Allenwood 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 Allenwood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.0699, Longitude: -83.2613       In this case, the coordinates for Allenwood have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.571 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.795 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.019 degrees.