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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 Clopine, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Clopine 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 Clopine:
- 32.484039, -83.801852
- 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 Clopine
- 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 Peach County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Peach County
- Since Clopine is near Houston County and also Macon County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Houston County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Macon 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 Clopine
Curious and Interesting Names Near Clopine ...
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
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Beaver Creek is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Creek
- Grove Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Grove Park is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Park
- Heard
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Heard is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heard
- Houston Lake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Houston Lake is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston Lake
- Houston Lake Woods
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Houston Lake Woods is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston Lake Woods
- Indian Oaks
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Indian Oaks is located in Peach County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Oaks
- Lakeview
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lakeview is located in Peach County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Marshallville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Meadowdale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Meadowdale is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowdale
- Neal
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Neal is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neal
- Oak Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Oak Grove is located in Peach County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Ohio
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Ohio is located in Peach County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ohio
- Continue List (7 more) ...
- Peach Valley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Peach Valley is located in Peach County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peach Valley
- Pilgrim Rest
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Pilgrim Rest is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilgrim Rest
- Powersville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Powersville is located in Peach County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powersville
- Shady Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Shady Grove is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Sleepy Hollow
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Sleepy Hollow is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sleepy Hollow
- Valley Pines
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Valley Pines is located in Peach County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Pines
- Willow Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Willow Lake is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Lake
How Far From Clopine 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 Clopine to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Clopine and extending to:
- Fort Valley, which is the Seat of Peach County, lies just to the Northwest.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 94 miles [151.3 km]<2> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from Clopine 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 most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 582 miles [936.6 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 6,472 miles [10,415.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,168 miles [11,535.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,049 miles [8,125.6 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Clopine) 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 Clopine 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 Clopine. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.4840, Longitude: -83.8019 In this case, the coordinates for Clopine have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.856 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.041 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.363 degrees. |
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