Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Armboy, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Armboy and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Armboy

• 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 Armboy:
  • 31.792402, -83.587388
  • 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 Armboy

• 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 Turner County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Turner County
  • Since Armboy is near Wilcox County and also Crisp County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Wilcox County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Crisp 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 Armboy

Curious and Interesting Names Near Armboy ...

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.

• Cold Springs ‑ Historic
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Cold Springs is located in Turner County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Springs
• Cuffietown
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Cuffietown is located in Worth County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuffietown
  • Estimated population in 2019: 186 people
• Dakota
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Dakota is located in Turner County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dakota
• Double Run
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Double Run is located in Wilcox County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Double Run
• Flat Ford
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Flat Ford is located in Irwin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Ford
• High Springs ‑ Historic
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • High Springs is located in Turner County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Springs
• Hobby
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Hobby is located in Turner County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobby
  • Estimated population in 2019: 536 people
• Rebecca
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Rebecca is located in Turner County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rebecca
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 163 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rebecca <1>
• Shinglers ‑ Historic
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Shinglers is located in Turner County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shinglers
• Worth
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Worth is located in Turner County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worth

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Armboy and extending to:

• Ashburn, which is the Seat of Turner County, lies just to the Southwest.
• Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 143 miles [230.1 km]<2> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from Armboy 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 613 miles [986.5 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 24 days and walking would take 35 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,495 miles [10,452.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,186 miles [11,564.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,069 miles [8,157.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'