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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 Ayersville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ayersville and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Ayersville:
    • 34.560932, -83.413222
    • 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 Ayersville
  • 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 Ayersville ...

We found six communities that share the name Ayersville.

There is one other community in Georgia which is also named Ayersville.

Beyond Georgia, we know of another five communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these five communities, five are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Located In Georgia ...
    • Habersham 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 Ayersville [Habersham County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Kansas
      • Marshall 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 Kansas community of Ayersville [Marshall County].
    • North Carolina
      • Rockingham County
      • This Ayersville is located in Rockingham County and lies 232 miles [373.4 km]<2> to the northeast of the Ayersville that is located in Stephens County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rockingham County community of Ayersville.
      • Stokes 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 North Carolina community of Ayersville [Stokes County].
    • Ohio
      • Defiance County
      • This Ayersville is located in Defiance County and lies 463 miles [745.1 km]<2> to the north of the Ayersville that is located in Stephens County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Defiance County community of Ayersville.
    • Quebec
      • This Ayersville lies 900 miles [1,448.4 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Ayersville that is located in Stephens County.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Ayersville ...

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.

  • College Park
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for College Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Park
    • College Park is located in Habersham County
  • Dicks Hill
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dicks Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dicks Hill
    • Dicks Hill is located in Habersham County
  • Fighting Pine
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fighting Pine have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fighting Pine
    • Fighting Pine is located in Stephens County
  • Fowlertown
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fowlertown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowlertown
    • Fowlertown is located in Stephens County
  • Hills
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hills
    • Hills is located in Habersham County
  • Nancytown ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nancytown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nancytown
    • Nancytown is located in Banks County
  • New Switzerland
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Switzerland have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Switzerland
    • New Switzerland is located in Habersham County
  • Prospect
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Prospect have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect
    • Prospect is located in Franklin County
  • Shorts Mill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shorts Mill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shorts Mill
    • Shorts Mill is located in Habersham County
  • Union Hill
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Union Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Hill
    • Union Hill is located in Stephens County

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

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

  • Toccoa, which is the Seat of Stephens County, lies just to the East Northeast.
  • Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 78 miles [125.5 km]<2> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Ayersville to Atlanta, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 462 miles [743.5 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 18 days and walking would take 27 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,360 miles [10,235.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,063 miles [11,366.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,941 miles [7,951.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Ayersville. 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 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 Ayersville 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Ayersville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Ayersville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.5609, Longitude: -83.4132       In this case, the coordinates for Ayersville 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 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 Ayersville to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.709 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.165 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.70 degrees.









 

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