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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 Ceylon, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ceylon 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 Ceylon:
- 30.961621, -81.650659
- 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 Ceylon
- 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 Camden County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Camden County
- Since Ceylon is near Glynn County and also Brantley County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Glynn County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Brantley 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 Ceylon
Communities Also Named Ceylon ...
We found seven communities that are also named Ceylon.
Within Georgia, the name Ceylon is unique.
Beyond Georgia, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these seven communities, five are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Indiana
- Adams County
- This Ceylon is located in Adams County and lies 691 miles [1,112.1 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Ceylon that is located in Camden County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Adams County community of Ceylon.
- Michigan
- Barry County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Ceylon [Barry County].
- Minnesota
- Martin County
- This Ceylon is located in Martin County and lies 1,120 miles [1,802.5 km]<1> to the northwest of the Ceylon that is located in Camden County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Martin County community of Ceylon.
- Ohio
- Erie County
- This Ceylon is located in Erie County and lies 720 miles [1,158.7 km]<1> to the north of the Ceylon that is located in Camden County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Erie County community of Ceylon.
- Ontario
- This Ceylon lies 918 miles [1,477.4 km]<1> to the north of the Ceylon that is located in Camden County.
- Pennsylvania
- Greene County
- This Ceylon is located in Greene County and lies 621 miles [999.4 km]<1> to the north of the Ceylon that is located in Camden County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greene County community of Ceylon.
- Saskatchewan
- This Ceylon lies 1,745 miles [2,808.3 km]<1> to the northwest of the Ceylon that is located in Camden County.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Ceylon ...
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.
- Billyville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Billyville is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billyville
- Forestview
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Forestview is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestview
- Grover View
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Grover View is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grover View
- Harrietts Bluff
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Harrietts Bluff is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrietts Bluff
- Harrietts Bluff Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Hopewell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Hopewell is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
- Mallard Pointe
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Mallard Pointe is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mallard Pointe
- Piney Bluff
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Piney Bluff is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Bluff
- Plantation Point
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Plantation Point is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plantation Point
- Red Bluff
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Red Bluff is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bluff
- Refuge ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Refuge is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Refuge
- Scarlet
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Scarlet is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scarlet
- Seals
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Seals is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seals
How Far From Ceylon 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 Ceylon to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Ceylon and extending to:
- Woodbine, which is the Seat of Camden County, lies just to the West.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 250 miles [402.3 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Ceylon to Atlanta, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take nearly four hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 15 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 606 miles [975.3 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 24 days and walking would take 35 days.
- The shortest distance<4> 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).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,128 miles [11,471.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,017 miles [8,074.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Ceylon) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Ceylon 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. |
| <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 Ceylon 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 Ceylon. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.9616, Longitude: -81.6507 In this case, the coordinates for Ceylon have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.578 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.355 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.95 degrees. |
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