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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 Brailsford, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Brailsford 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 Brailsford:
- 31.551054, -81.331766
- 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 Brailsford
- 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 McIntosh County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for McIntosh County
- Since Brailsford is near Liberty County and also Bryan County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Liberty County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bryan 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 Brailsford
Curious and Interesting Names Near Brailsford ...
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.
- Cedar Point
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Cedar Point is located in McIntosh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Point
- Credit Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Credit Hill is located in McIntosh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Credit Hill
- Crescent
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Drum Point Landing
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Drum Point Landing is located in Liberty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drum Point Landing
- Halfmoon Landing
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Halfmoon Landing is located in Liberty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfmoon Landing
- Jones
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Jones is located in McIntosh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones
- Meridian
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Raccoon Bluff
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Raccoon Bluff is located in McIntosh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raccoon Bluff
- Retreat
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Retreat is located in Liberty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Retreat
- Shellman Bluff
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
How Far From Brailsford 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 Brailsford 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<2> community of Brailsford once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Brailsford and extending to:
- Darien, which is the Seat of McIntosh County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Brailsford to Darien, with an average speed<4> 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 233 miles [375 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 561 miles [902.8 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 22 days and walking would take 32 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,406 miles [10,309.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,089 miles [11,408.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,977 miles [8,009.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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> | 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 Brailsford, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Brailsford) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Brailsford 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 Brailsford. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.5511, Longitude: -81.3318 In this case, the coordinates for Brailsford have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.427 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.264 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.693 degrees. |
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