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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.

  • 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 Boydville:
    • 34.540099, -83.366276
    • 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 Stephens County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Stephens County
    • Since Boydville is near Habersham County and also Franklin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Habersham County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Franklin 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 ...
    • Grady County
      • This Boydville is located in Grady County and lies 259 miles [416.8 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Boydville that is located in Stephens County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grady County community of Boydville.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • West Virginia
      • Berkeley County
      • This Boydville is located in Berkeley County and lies 450 miles [724.2 km]<1> to the northeast of the Boydville that is located in Stephens 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.

  • Dicks Hill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Dicks Hill is located in Habersham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dicks Hill
  • Fighting Pine
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Fighting Pine is located in Stephens County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fighting Pine
  • Fowlertown
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Fowlertown is located in Stephens County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowlertown
  • Hills
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Hills is located in Habersham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hills
  • Nancytown ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Nancytown is located in Banks County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nancytown
  • New Switzerland
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • New Switzerland is located in Habersham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Switzerland
  • Prospect
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Prospect is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect
  • Red Hill
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Red Hill is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill
  • Shorts Mill
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Shorts Mill is located in Habersham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shorts Mill
  • Toms Creek
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Toms Creek is located in Stephens County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toms Creek
  • Union Hill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Union Hill is located in Stephens County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Hill

How Far From Boydville 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 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:

  • Toccoa, which is the Seat of Stephens County, lies just to the Northeast.
  • Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 79 miles [127.1 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Boydville to Atlanta, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 461 miles [741.9 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 18 days and walking would take 27 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,359 miles [10,233.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,062 miles [11,365.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,940 miles [7,950.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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- Boydville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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.
<3>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: 34.5401, Longitude: -83.3663       In this case, the coordinates for Boydville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.681 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.13 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.687 degrees.