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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 Brown Ford, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Brown Ford 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 Brown Ford:
- 30.659103, -82.835691
- 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 Brown Ford
- 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 Echols County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Echols County
- Since Brown Ford is near Hamilton County and also Clinch County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hamilton County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clinch 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 Brown Ford
Communities Also Named Brown Ford ...
We found one communities that are also named Brown Ford.
Within Georgia, the name Brown Ford is unique.
Beyond Georgia, there is another community also named Brown Ford in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Fulton County
- This Brown Ford is located in Fulton County and lies 638 miles [1,026.8 km]<1> to the northwest of the Brown Ford that is located in Echols County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fulton County community of Brown Ford.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Brown Ford ...
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.
- Alexis
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Alexis is located in Echols County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alexis
- Cypress Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cypress Creek is located in Hamilton County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Creek
- Fruitland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Fruitland is located in Echols County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitland
- Haylow
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Haylow is located in Echols County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haylow
- Jasper
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Kennedy Still
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Kennedy Still is located in Hamilton County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennedy Still
- Needmore
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Needmore is located in Echols County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needmore
- New Ford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- New Ford is located in Echols County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Ford
- Potter
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Potter is located in Echols County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter
- Estimated population in 2019: 870 people
How Far From Brown Ford 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 Brown Ford to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Brown Ford and extending to:
- Statenville, which is the Seat of Echols County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Brown Ford to Statenville, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 232 miles [373.4 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 14 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 656 miles [1,055.7 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 26 days and walking would take 38 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,513 miles [10,481.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,197 miles [11,582.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,085 miles [8,183.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Brown Ford) 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 Brown Ford 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 Brown Ford. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.6591, Longitude: -82.8357 In this case, the coordinates for Brown Ford have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.215 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.047 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.434 degrees. |
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