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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 Boozeville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Boozeville 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 Boozeville:
    • 34.171485, -85.175228
    • 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 Boozeville
  • 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 Floyd County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Floyd County
    • Since Boozeville is near Polk County and also Bartow County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Polk County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Bartow 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 Boozeville

Curious and Interesting Names Near Boozeville ...

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.

  • Chapel Hill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Chapel Hill is located in Floyd County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill
  • De Soto ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • De Soto is located in Floyd County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Soto
  • Fieldwood
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Fieldwood is located in Floyd County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fieldwood
  • Freeman Ferry
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Freeman Ferry is located in Floyd County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman Ferry
  • Freemans ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Freemans is located in Floyd County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freemans
  • Green
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Green is located in Floyd County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green
  • Horseshoe Bend
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Horseshoe Bend is located in Floyd County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horseshoe Bend
  • Maplewood
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Maplewood is located in Floyd County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
  • Maplewood Park
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Maplewood Park is located in Floyd County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood Park
  • Maplewood Square
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Maplewood Square is located in Floyd County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood Square
  • Merry Acres
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Merry Acres is located in Floyd County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merry Acres
  • Radio Springs
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Radio Springs is located in Floyd County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radio Springs
  • Continue List   (7 more) ...
    • Relay
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Relay is located in Floyd County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Relay
    • Ridgedale
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Ridgedale is located in Floyd County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgedale
    • Saddle Mountain
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Saddle Mountain is located in Floyd County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saddle Mountain
    • Silver Creek
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Six Mile
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Six Mile is located in Floyd County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Six Mile
    • Widow Fools Ferry
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Widow Fools Ferry is located in Floyd County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Widow Fools Ferry
    • Yancey ‑ Historic
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Yancey is located in Floyd County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yancey

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Boozeville and extending to:

  • Rome, which is the Seat of Floyd County, lies just to the North.
  • Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 53 miles [85.3 km]<2> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could walk a straight line from Boozeville to Atlanta, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 556 miles [894.8 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just over a day, a buggy would take 22 days and walking would take 32 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,452 miles [10,383.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,159 miles [11,521.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,036 miles [8,104.7 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Boozeville) 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 Boozeville 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 Boozeville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.1715, Longitude: -85.1752       In this case, the coordinates for Boozeville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.737 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.294 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.498 degrees.