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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 Campagne, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Campagne 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 Campagne:
- 34.977868, -83.817397
- 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 Campagne
- 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 Towns County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Towns County
- Since Campagne is near Clay County and also Union County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clay County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Union 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 Campagne
Curious and Interesting Names Near Campagne ...
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 Cliff
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Cedar Cliff is located in Towns County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Cliff
- Ebenezer
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Ebenezer is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebenezer
- Elf
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Elf is located in Clay County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elf
- Fires Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Fires Creek is located in Clay County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fires Creek
- Friendship
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Friendship is located in Towns County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Gumlog
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Gumlog is located in Towns County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gumlog
- Hunt ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Hunt is located in Towns County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunt
- Pine Log Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Pine Log Village is located in Clay County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Log Village
- Sunnyside
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Sunnyside is located in Towns County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
- Trackrock ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Trackrock is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trackrock
- Young Harris
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
How Far From Campagne 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 Campagne 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 Campagne once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Campagne and extending to:
- Hiawassee, which is the Seat of Towns County, lies just to the East Southeast.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 90 miles [144.8 km]<3> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Campagne to Atlanta, with an average speed<4>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 6 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,358 miles [10,232.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,064 miles [11,368.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,941 miles [7,951.8 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 Campagne, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 from Point A (ie- Campagne) 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 Campagne 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 Campagne. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.9779, Longitude: -83.8174 In this case, the coordinates for Campagne have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.959 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.512 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.753 degrees. |
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