Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Bay Meadows:
  • 31.459920, -82.916534
  • 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 Bay Meadows

• 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 Coffee County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Coffee County
  • Since Bay Meadows is near Atkinson County and also Irwin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Atkinson County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Irwin 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 Bay Meadows

Curious and Interesting Names Near Bay Meadows ...

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.

• Bridgetown
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Bridgetown is located in Coffee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgetown
• Cherokee Hills
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Cherokee Hills is located in Coffee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Hills
• Glory
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Glory is located in Berrien County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glory
• Gracys Station ‑ Historic
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Gracys Station is located in Atkinson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gracys Station
• Huffer
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Huffer is located in Coffee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huffer
• Lax
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Lax is located in Coffee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lax
• Riverbend
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
  • Riverbend is located in Irwin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverbend
• Sandy Bottom
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Sandy Bottom is located in Atkinson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Bottom
• Stokesville
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Stokesville is located in Atkinson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stokesville

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Bay Meadows and extending to:

• Douglas, which is the Seat of Coffee County, lies just to the Northeast.
• Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 180 miles [289.7 km]<1> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from Bay Meadows to Atlanta, with an average speed<2>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 7 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 611 miles [983.3 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 24 days and walking would take 35 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,480 miles [10,428.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,168 miles [11,535.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,054 miles [8,133.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'