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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 Charles, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Charles 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 Charles:
- 32.221852, -82.428740
- 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 Charles
- 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 Toombs County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Toombs County
- Since Charles is near Montgomery County and also Wheeler County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Montgomery County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wheeler 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 Charles
Communities Also Named Charles ...
We found eight communities that are also named Charles.
There is one other community in Georgia that is also named Charles.
Beyond Georgia, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these seven communities, six are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Located In Georgia ...
- Stewart County
- This Charles is located in Stewart County and lies 140 miles [225.3 km]<1> to the west of the Charles that is located in Toombs County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stewart County community of Charles.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Sumter County
- This Charles is located in Sumter County and lies 341 miles [548.8 km]<1> to the west of the Charles that is located in Toombs County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sumter County community of Charles.
- British Columbia
- This Charles lies 2,314 miles [3,724 km]<1> to the northwest of the Charles that is located in Toombs County.
- Manitoba
- This Charles lies 1,843 miles [2,966 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Charles that is located in Toombs County.
- Michigan
- Mackinac County
- This Charles is located in Mackinac County and lies 959 miles [1,543.4 km]<1> to the north of the Charles that is located in Toombs County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mackinac County community of Charles.
- North Carolina
- Iredell County
- This Charles is located in Iredell County and lies 270 miles [434.5 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Charles that is located in Toombs County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Iredell County community of Charles.
- Onslow 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 North Carolina community of Charles [Onslow County].
- Texas
- Travis 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 Texas community of Charles [Travis County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Charles ...
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.
- Center
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Center is located in Toombs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center
- Elton ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Elton is located in Toombs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elton
- Long Pond
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Long Pond is located in Wheeler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Pond
- Lyons
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Normantown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Normantown is located in Toombs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Normantown
- Oak Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Grove is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Ponderosa
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Ponderosa is located in Toombs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponderosa
- Rock Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Rock Springs is located in Toombs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Springs
- Santa Claus
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Santa Claus is located in Toombs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Claus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 160 people
- Tarrytown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
How Far From Charles 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 Charles to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Charles and extending to:
- Lyons, which is the Seat of Toombs County, lies just to the East Southeast.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 155 miles [249.4 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Charles to Atlanta, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 551 miles [886.7 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 6,424 miles [10,338.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,114 miles [11,448.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,998 miles [8,043.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Charles) 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 Charles 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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Charles 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 Charles. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.2219, Longitude: -82.4287 In this case, the coordinates for Charles have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.064 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.091 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.918 degrees. |
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