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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 Coffee, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Coffee 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 Coffee:
    • 31.507672, -82.311848
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Coffee
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Coffee ...

We found three communities that share the name Coffee.

Within Georgia, the name Coffee is unique.

Beyond Georgia, we know of another three communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Trinity County
      • This Coffee is located in Trinity County and lies 2,324 miles [3,740.1 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Coffee that is located in Bacon County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Trinity County community of Coffee.
    • Indiana
      • Clay 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 Indiana community of Coffee [Clay County].
    • Virginia
      • Bedford County
      • This Coffee is located in Bedford County and lies 443 miles [712.9 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Coffee that is located in Bacon County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bedford County community of Coffee.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Coffee ...

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.

  • Dixie Union
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dixie Union have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie Union
    • Dixie Union is located in Ware County
  • Homestead
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Homestead have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homestead
    • Homestead is located in Pierce County
  • Jamestown
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jamestown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
    • Jamestown is located in Ware County
  • K'Ville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for K'Ville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for K'Ville
    • K'Ville is located in Wayne County
  • Offerman
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Otter Creek
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Otter Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otter Creek
    • Otter Creek is located in Pierce County
  • Walkersville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Walkersville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walkersville
    • Walkersville is located in Pierce County
  • Waltertown
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Waltertown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waltertown
    • Waltertown is located in Ware County
    • Estimated population in 2019: 4,115 people
    • Waltertown has also been known as:
    • Watertown

How Far From Coffee 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 Coffee to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Coffee and extending to:

  • Alma, which is the Seat of Bacon County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Coffee to Alma, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 196 miles [315.4 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 590 miles [949.5 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 23 days and walking would take 34 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,451 miles [10,381.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,138 miles [11,487.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,024 miles [8,085.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Coffee. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Georgia: https://georgia.gov/

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 from Point A (ie- Coffee) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Coffee. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.5077, Longitude: -82.3118    
<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 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 Coffee 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>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<6>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 Coffee to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.968 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.88 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.051 degrees.









 

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