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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 Cool Springs, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cool Springs 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 Cool Springs:
- 31.229075, -83.601557
- 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 Cool Springs
- 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 Colquitt County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Colquitt County
- Since Cool Springs is near Cook County and also Tift County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cook County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Tift 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 Cool Springs
Communities Also Named Cool Springs ...
We found nine communities that are also named Cool Springs.
There are two communities within Georgia that are also named Cool Springs.
Beyond Georgia, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Located In Georgia ...
- Laurens County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Cool Springs [Laurens County].
- Twiggs County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Cool Springs [Twiggs County].
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Saint Clair County
- This Cool Springs is located in Saint Clair County and lies 238 miles [383 km]<2> to the northwest of the Cool Springs that is located in Colquitt County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Clair County community of Cool Springs.
- Kentucky
- Ohio County
- This Cool Springs is located in Ohio County and lies 458 miles [737.1 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Cool Springs that is located in Colquitt County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ohio County community of Cool Springs.
- North Carolina
- Iredell County
- This Cool Springs is located in Iredell County and lies 358 miles [576.1 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Cool Springs that is located in Colquitt County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Iredell County community of Cool Springs.
- Lee County
- This Cool Springs is located in Lee County and lies 386 miles [621.2 km] to the northeast of the Cool Springs that is located in Colquitt County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lee County community of Cool Springs.
- South Carolina
- Kershaw County
- This Cool Springs is located in Kershaw County and lies 273 miles [439.4 km]<2> to the northeast of the Cool Springs that is located in Colquitt County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kershaw County community of Cool Springs.
- Tennessee
- Gibson County
- This Cool Springs is located in Gibson County and lies 465 miles [748.3 km]<2> to the northwest of the Cool Springs that is located in Colquitt County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gibson County community of Cool Springs.
- West Virginia
- Wood County
- This Cool Springs is located in Wood County and lies 560 miles [901.2 km]<2> to the north of the Cool Springs that is located in Colquitt County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wood County community of Cool Springs.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cool Springs ...
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.
- Barbers
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Barbers is located in Colquitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barbers
- Barneyville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Barneyville is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barneyville
- Berlin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Eldorado
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Eldorado is located in Tift County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- Flat Ford
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Flat Ford is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Ford
- Greggs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Greggs is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greggs
- Kelltown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Kelltown is located in Tift County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelltown
- Norman Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Scooterville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Scooterville is located in Worth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scooterville
- Sparks
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Wagon Wheel
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Wagon Wheel is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wagon Wheel
How Far From Cool Springs 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 Cool Springs to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Cool Springs and extending to:
- Moultrie, which is the Seat of Colquitt County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Cool Springs to Moultrie, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 180 miles [289.7 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 646 miles [1,039.6 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 26 days and walking would take 37 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,521 miles [10,494.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,210 miles [11,603.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,095 miles [8,199.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Cool Springs 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. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Cool Springs) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Cool Springs 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 Cool Springs. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.2291, Longitude: -83.6016 In this case, the coordinates for Cool Springs have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.675 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.657 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.577 degrees. |
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