Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Almira, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Almira and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Almira
- 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 Almira:
- 32.944876, -82.525963
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Almira
- 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:
- eBird sighting report for Jefferson County
- Since Almira is near Washington County and also Glascock County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Washington County
- eBird sighting report for Glascock 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Almira ...
We found seven communities that share the name Almira.
Within Georgia, the name Almira is unique.
Beyond Georgia, we know of another seven communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these seven communities, six are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Iowa
- Michigan
- Ontario
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Virginia
- Washington
Curious and Interesting Names Near Almira ...
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.
- Downs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest) - Halls Crossing
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Halls Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls Crossing
- Halls Crossing is located in Washington County
- Louisville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louisville
- Louisville is located in Jefferson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,189 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Louisville <4>
- Magnolia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north) - Pringle
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest) - Riddleville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Riddleville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riddleville
- Riddleville is located in Washington County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
- Rose
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west) - Sun Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west) - Tanner
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
How Far From Almira 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 Almira to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Almira and extending to:
- Louisville, which is the Seat of Jefferson County, lies just to the East Northeast.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 121 miles [194.7 km]<2> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Almira to Atlanta, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 512 miles [824 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 29 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,396 miles [10,293.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,089 miles [11,408.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,971 miles [8,000 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Almira. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Georgia: https://georgia.gov/
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 Almira 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Almira) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Almira. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.9449, Longitude: -82.5260 In this case, the coordinates for Almira have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Almira to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.146 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.288 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.774 degrees. |