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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 Azalea Gardens, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Azalea Gardens 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 Azalea Gardens:
    • 31.197452, -81.474823
    • 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 Azalea Gardens
  • 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 Azalea Gardens 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 Azalea Gardens

Communities Also Named Azalea Gardens ...

We found two communities that are also named Azalea Gardens.

Within Georgia, the name Azalea Gardens is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Florida
      • Hillsborough County
      • This Azalea Gardens is located in Hillsborough County and lies 229 miles [368.5 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Azalea Gardens that is located in Glynn County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Azalea Gardens.
    • Virginia
      • Hampton City
      • 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 Virginia community of Azalea Gardens [Hampton City].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Azalea Gardens ...

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
    (3 miles [4.8 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 west)
    • College Park is located in Glynn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Park
  • Cypress Mills
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Cypress Mills is located in Glynn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Mills
  • Dock Junction
    (2 miles [3.2 km] 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 west)
    • Gordon Heights is located in Glynn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon Heights
  • Island View
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Island View is located in Glynn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island View
  • Magnolia Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Magnolia Park is located in Glynn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia Park
  • Oak Bluff
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Oak Bluff is located in Glynn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Bluff
  • Parade Rest
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Parade Rest is located in Glynn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parade Rest
  • Pine Ridge
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Pine Ridge is located in Glynn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Ridge

How Far From Azalea Gardens to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Azalea Gardens to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Brunswick, which is the Seat of Glynn County, lies just to the South Southwest.
  • Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 244 miles [392.7 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Azalea Gardens 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 587 miles [944.7 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 6,428 miles [10,344.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,110 miles [11,442.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,999 miles [8,045.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Azalea Gardens) 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Azalea Gardens 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 Azalea Gardens 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 Azalea Gardens. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.1975, Longitude: -81.4748       In this case, the coordinates for Azalea Gardens have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.492 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.288 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.832 degrees.