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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 Bottsford, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bottsford and the surrounding area.
- 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 Bottsford:
- 31.980718, -84.437970
- 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 Bottsford
- 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 Sumter County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sumter County
- Since Bottsford is near Webster County and also Terrell County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Webster County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Terrell 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 Bottsford
Curious and Interesting Names Near Bottsford ...
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.
- Archery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Archery is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archery
- Centerpoint
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Centerpoint is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerpoint
- Cottondale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Cottondale is located in Terrell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottondale
- Gooseberry ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Gooseberry is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gooseberry
- Magnolia Springs ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Magnolia Springs is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia Springs
- Parrott
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Plains
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Terrell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
How Far From Bottsford 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 Bottsford to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Bottsford and extending to:
- Americus, which is the Seat of Sumter County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Bottsford to Americus, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 122 miles [196.3 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 633 miles [1,018.7 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,523 miles [10,497.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,218 miles [11,616.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,100 miles [8,207.7 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Bottsford) 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 Bottsford 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 Bottsford. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.9807, Longitude: -84.4380 In this case, the coordinates for Bottsford have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.194 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.362 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.716 degrees. |
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