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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 Claybed, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Claybed 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 Claybed:
- 32.517091, -83.597961
- 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 Claybed
- 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 Houston County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Houston County
- Since Claybed is near Twiggs County and also Bleckley County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Twiggs County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bleckley 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 Claybed
Curious and Interesting Names Near Claybed ...
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.
- Beaver Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Beaver Creek is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Creek
- Creekside
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Creekside is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creekside
- Deerwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Deerwood is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerwood
- Doublegate
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Doublegate is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doublegate
- Forest Pointe
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Forest Pointe is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Pointe
- Hickory Woods
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hickory Woods is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Woods
- Holly Bluff
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Holly Bluff is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Bluff
- Houston Lake
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Houston Lake is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston Lake
- Houston Lake Woods
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Houston Lake Woods is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston Lake Woods
- Kathleen
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Kings Crossing
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Kings Crossing is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Crossing
- Sand Bed
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Sand Bed is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Bed
- Willow Run
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Willow Run is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Run
How Far From Claybed 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 Claybed to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Claybed and extending to:
- Perry, which is the Seat of Houston County, lies just to the West Southwest.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 96 miles [154.5 km]<2> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from Claybed to Atlanta, with an average speed<3>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 three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 573 miles [922.2 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 23 days and walking would take 33 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,462 miles [10,399.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,157 miles [11,518.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,038 miles [8,107.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Claybed) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Claybed 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 Claybed. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.5171, Longitude: -83.5980 In this case, the coordinates for Claybed have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.74 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.913 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.279 degrees. |
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