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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 Boydville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Boydville 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 Boydville:
- 30.881579, -84.355184
- 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 Boydville
- 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 Grady County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Grady County
- Since Boydville is near Decatur County and also Gadsden County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Decatur County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Gadsden 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 Boydville
Communities Also Named Boydville ...
We found two communities that are also named Boydville.
There is one other community in Georgia that is also named Boydville.
Beyond Georgia, there is another community also named Boydville in the United States.
- Communities Located In Georgia ...
- Stephens County
- This Boydville is located in Stephens County and lies 259 miles [416.8 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Boydville that is located in Grady County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stephens County community of Boydville.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- West Virginia
- Berkeley County
- This Boydville is located in Berkeley County and lies 692 miles [1,113.7 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Boydville that is located in Grady County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Berkeley County community of Boydville.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Boydville ...
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.
- Cairo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Calvary
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Climax
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Good Hope ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Good Hope is located in Grady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Hope
- Estimated population in 2019: 300 people
- Long Branch
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Long Branch is located in Grady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Branch
- Magnolia
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Magnolia is located in Grady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
- Mount Pleasant
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Orange Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Orange Springs is located in Grady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Springs
- Providence
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Providence is located in Grady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Roddenberry
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Roddenberry is located in Grady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roddenberry
How Far From Boydville 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 Boydville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Boydville and extending to:
- Cairo, which is the Seat of Grady County, lies just to the East.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 198 miles [318.7 km]<1> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from Boydville to Atlanta, with an average speed<3>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 12 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 690 miles [1,110.4 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 27 days and walking would take 40 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,570 miles [10,573.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,260 miles [11,683.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,144 miles [8,278.5 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Boydville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Boydville 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 Boydville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.8816, Longitude: -84.3552 In this case, the coordinates for Boydville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.078 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.075 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.925 degrees. |
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