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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 Arco, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Arco 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 Arco:
    • 31.201341, -81.506213
    • 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 Arco
  • 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 Glynn County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Glynn County
    • Since Arco is near Camden County and also McIntosh County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Camden 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 Arco

Communities Also Named Arco ...

We found four communities that are also named Arco.

Within Georgia, the name Arco is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Idaho
      • Butte County
      • This Arco is located in Butte County and lies 1,927 miles [3,101.2 km]<1> to the northwest of the Arco that is located in Glynn County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Butte County community of Arco.
    • Minnesota
      • Lincoln County
      • This Arco is located in Lincoln County and lies 1,208 miles [1,944.1 km]<1> to the northwest of the Arco that is located in Glynn County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lincoln County community of Arco.
    • Tennessee
      • Campbell County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Arco [Campbell County].
    • Virginia
      • Warren County
      • This Arco is located in Warren County and lies 561 miles [902.8 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Arco that is located in Glynn County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Warren County community of Arco.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Arco ...

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.

  • Clover Heights
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Clover Heights is located in Glynn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Heights
  • College Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • College Park is located in Glynn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Park
  • Cypress Mills
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Cypress Mills is located in Glynn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Mills
  • Dock Junction
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Dock Junction is located in Glynn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dock Junction
  • Gordon Heights
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Gordon Heights is located in Glynn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon Heights
  • High Hill Lake
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • High Hill Lake is located in Glynn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Hill Lake
  • Island View
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Island View is located in Glynn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island View
  • Magnolia Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Magnolia Park is located in Glynn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia Park
  • Oak Bluff
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Oak Bluff is located in Glynn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Bluff
  • Parade Rest
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Parade Rest is located in Glynn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parade Rest
  • Pine Ridge
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Pine Ridge is located in Glynn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Ridge

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

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

  • Brunswick, which is the Seat of Glynn County, lies just to the South Southeast.
  • Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 243 miles [391.1 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Arco to Atlanta, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take nearly four hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 14 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 10 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 588 miles [946.3 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 23 days and walking would take 34 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,429 miles [10,346.5 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 5,000 miles [8,046.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Arco) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Arco 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.
<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 Arco 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 Arco. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.2013, Longitude: -81.5062       In this case, the coordinates for Arco have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.51 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.309 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.842 degrees.