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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 Blue Spring, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Blue Spring 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 Blue Spring:
    • 31.683509, -83.927679
    • 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 Blue Spring
  • 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 Worth County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Worth County
    • Since Blue Spring is near Lee County and also Dougherty County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lee County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Dougherty 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 Blue Spring

Communities Also Named Blue Spring ...

We found eight communities that are also named Blue Spring.

There are two communities within Georgia that are also named Blue Spring.

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

  • Communities Located In Georgia ...
    • Catoosa County
      • This Blue Spring is located in Catoosa County and lies 232 miles [373.4 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Blue Spring that is located in Worth County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Catoosa County community of Blue Spring.
    • Gordon County
      • 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 Georgia community of Blue Spring [Gordon County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Morgan County
      • 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 Alabama community of Blue Spring [Morgan County].
    • Florida
      • Marion County
      • 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 Florida community of Blue Spring [Marion County].
    • Kentucky
      • Trigg County
      • This Blue Spring is located in Trigg County and lies 422 miles [679.1 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Blue Spring that is located in Worth County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Trigg County community of Blue Spring.
    • South Carolina
      • Kershaw County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Blue Spring [Kershaw County].
    • Tennessee
      • Carter County
      • This Blue Spring is located in Carter County and lies 338 miles [544 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Blue Spring that is located in Worth County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carter County community of Blue Spring.
    • West Virginia
      • Randolph County
      • This Blue Spring is located in Randolph County and lies 519 miles [835.2 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Blue Spring that is located in Worth County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Randolph County community of Blue Spring.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Blue Spring ...

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.

  • Bridges
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Bridges is located in Crisp County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridges
  • Cuffietown
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Cuffietown is located in Worth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuffietown
    • Estimated population in 2019: 186 people
  • Five Points
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Five Points is located in Turner County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
  • Grove Park
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Grove Park is located in Dougherty County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Park
  • High Springs ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • High Springs is located in Turner County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Springs
  • Hobby
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Hobby is located in Turner County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobby
    • Estimated population in 2019: 536 people
  • Marshall
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Marshall is located in Crisp County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall
  • Mossy Oaks
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Mossy Oaks is located in Worth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mossy Oaks
  • Nutview ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Nutview is located in Lee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutview
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Pecan Haven
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Pecan Haven is located in Dougherty County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecan Haven
    • Pecan Terrace
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Pecan Terrace is located in Dougherty County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecan Terrace
    • Red Rock
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Red Rock is located in Worth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Rock
    • Rolling Groves
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Rolling Groves is located in Dougherty County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Groves
    • Sandalwood
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Sandalwood is located in Dougherty County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandalwood
    • Shingler
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Shingler is located in Worth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shingler

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic community of Blue Spring once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Blue Spring and extending to:

  • Sylvester, which is the Seat of Worth County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Blue Spring to Sylvester, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
  • Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 145 miles [233.4 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 631 miles [1,015.5 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 25 days and walking would take 36 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,515 miles [10,484.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,207 miles [11,598.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,090 miles [8,191.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Blue Spring) 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 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 Blue Spring 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>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Blue Spring, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Blue Spring 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 Blue Spring. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.6835, Longitude: -83.9277       In this case, the coordinates for Blue Spring have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.885 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.964 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.594 degrees.