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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 Autreyville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Autreyville 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 Autreyville:
- 31.062410, -83.764893
- 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 Autreyville
- 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 Colquitt County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Colquitt County
- Since Autreyville is near Brooks County and also Thomas County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Brooks County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Thomas 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 Autreyville
Curious and Interesting Names Near Autreyville ...
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.
- Barbers
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Barbers is located in Colquitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barbers
- Berlin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Five Forks
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Five Forks is located in Thomas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Forks
- Marble ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Marble is located in Colquitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marble
- Merrillville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Merrillville is located in Thomas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrillville
- Murphy
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Murphy is located in Colquitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphy
- Sand Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Sand Hill is located in Brooks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Hill
- Sunset
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Sunset is located in Colquitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset
How Far From Autreyville 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 Autreyville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Autreyville and extending to:
- Moultrie, which is the Seat of Colquitt County, lies just to the North.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 189 miles [304.2 km]<2> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from Autreyville to Atlanta, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 11 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 661 miles [1,063.8 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 26 days and walking would take 38 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,536 miles [10,518.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,225 miles [11,627.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,110 miles [8,223.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Autreyville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Autreyville 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 Autreyville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.0624, Longitude: -83.7649 In this case, the coordinates for Autreyville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.757 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.729 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.673 degrees. |
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