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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 Armena, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Armena 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 Armena:
- 31.681004, -84.284634
- 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 Armena
- 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 Lee County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lee County
- Since Armena is near Dougherty County and also Terrell County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dougherty County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Terrell 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 Armena
Communities Also Named Armena ...
We found two communities that are also named Armena.
There is one other community in Georgia that is also named Armena.
Beyond Georgia, there is another community also named Armena in the United States and Canada.
- Communities Located In Georgia ...
- Terrell 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 Armena [Terrell County].
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alberta
- This Armena lies 2,054 miles [3,305.6 km]<2> to the northwest of the Armena that is located in Lee County.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Armena ...
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.
- Audubon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Audubon is located in Dougherty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Audubon
- Bridges Crossroad
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bridges Crossroad is located in Terrell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridges Crossroad
- Cedar Lake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Cedar Lake is located in Dougherty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Lake
- Century
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Century is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Century
- Doublegate
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Doublegate is located in Dougherty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doublegate
- Green Acres
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Green Acres is located in Dougherty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
- Groveland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Groveland is located in Dougherty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groveland
- Hillcrest
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Hillcrest is located in Dougherty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
- Indian Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Indian Creek is located in Dougherty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Creek
- Jordan Place
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jordan Place is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan Place
- Leesburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lockett Crossing
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Lockett Crossing is located in Dougherty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockett Crossing
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Merry Acres
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Merry Acres is located in Dougherty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merry Acres
- North Slappy Heights
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- North Slappy Heights is located in Dougherty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Slappy Heights
- Valley Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Valley Park is located in Dougherty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Park
- Whispering Pines
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Whispering Pines is located in Dougherty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whispering Pines
- Winterwood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Winterwood is located in Dougherty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winterwood
How Far From Armena 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 Armena to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Armena and extending to:
- Leesburg, which is the Seat of Lee County, lies just to the East Northeast.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 143 miles [230.1 km]<2> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from Armena to Atlanta, with an average speed<4>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 643 miles [1,034.8 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 26 days and walking would take 37 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,530 miles [10,509 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,224 miles [11,625.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,106 miles [8,217.3 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 Armena 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- Armena) 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 Armena 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 Armena. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.6810, Longitude: -84.2846 In this case, the coordinates for Armena have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.089 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.198 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.725 degrees. |
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