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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 Central Grove, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Central Grove 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 Central Grove:
    • 34.335924, -85.206896
    • 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 Central Grove
  • 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 Floyd County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Floyd County
    • Since Central Grove is near Chattooga County and also Gordon County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Chattooga County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Gordon 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 Central Grove

Communities Also Named Central Grove ...

We found four communities that are also named Central Grove.

Within Georgia, the name Central Grove is unique.

Beyond Georgia, we know of four communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these four communities, three are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Kansas
      • Shawnee County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Central Grove [Shawnee County].
    • Mississippi
      • Monroe County
      • This Central Grove is located in Monroe County and lies 195 miles [313.8 km]<2> to the west of the Central Grove that is located in Floyd County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monroe County community of Central Grove.
    • Nova Scotia
      • This Central Grove lies 1,220 miles [1,963.4 km]<2> to the northeast of the Central Grove that is located in Floyd County.
    • Ohio
      • Lucas County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Lucas County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lucas County community of Central Grove.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Central Grove ...

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.

  • Berryhill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Berryhill is located in Floyd County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berryhill
  • Crystal Springs
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Crystal Springs is located in Floyd County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Springs
  • De Soto ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • De Soto is located in Floyd County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Soto
  • Fair Oaks
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Fair Oaks is located in Floyd County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Oaks
  • Garden Lakes
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Garden Lakes is located in Floyd County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Lakes
  • Green Acre
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Green Acre is located in Floyd County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acre
  • Lakeview
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Lakeview is located in Floyd County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
  • Pope Ferry
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Pope Ferry is located in Floyd County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pope Ferry
  • Riverside Park
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Riverside Park is located in Floyd County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Park
  • Rollingwood
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Rollingwood is located in Floyd County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rollingwood
  • Sand Springs
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Sand Springs is located in Floyd County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Springs
  • Summerville Park
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Summerville Park is located in Floyd County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerville Park
    • Estimated population in 2019: 4,243 people
  • Widow Fools Ferry
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Widow Fools Ferry is located in Floyd County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Widow Fools Ferry

How Far From Central Grove 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 Central Grove 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 community of Central Grove once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Central Grove and extending to:

  • Rome, which is the Seat of Floyd County, lies just to the South Southeast.
  • Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 61 miles [98.2 km]<2> to the southeast (SE). If you could walk a straight line from Central Grove to Atlanta, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 551 miles [886.7 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, 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 6,446 miles [10,373.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,154 miles [11,513.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,030 miles [8,095 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Central Grove could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<2>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- Central Grove) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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 Central Grove, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Central Grove 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 Central Grove. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.3359, Longitude: -85.2069       In this case, the coordinates for Central Grove have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.763 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.348 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.471 degrees.