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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 Coxs Ferry, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Coxs Ferry 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 Coxs Ferry:
- 31.896006, -83.932677
- 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 Coxs Ferry
- 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 Lee County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lee County
- Since Coxs Ferry is near Worth County and also Crisp County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Worth County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Crisp 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 Coxs Ferry
Communities Also Named Coxs Ferry ...
We found two communities that are also named Coxs Ferry.
Within Georgia, the name Coxs Ferry is unique.
Beyond Georgia, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Mississippi
- Hinds 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 Mississippi community of Coxs Ferry [Hinds County].
- South Carolina
- Horry County
- This Coxs Ferry is located in Horry County and lies 311 miles [500.5 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Coxs Ferry that is located in Lee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Horry County community of Coxs Ferry.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Coxs Ferry ...
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.
- Bridges
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bridges is located in Crisp County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridges
- Coney
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Coney is located in Crisp County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coney
- Former name for Coney:
- Cone
- Cuffietown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Cuffietown is located in Worth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuffietown
- Estimated population in 2019: 186 people
- Danville ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Danville is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danville
- Estimated population in 2019: 212 people
- De Soto
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Leslie
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Marshall
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Marshall is located in Crisp County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall
- Richwood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Richwood is located in Dooly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richwood
How Far From Coxs Ferry 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 Coxs Ferry to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Coxs Ferry and extending to:
- Leesburg, which is the Seat of Lee County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<2> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Coxs Ferry to Leesburg, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 131 miles [210.8 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 619 miles [996.2 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 25 days and walking would take 36 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,505 miles [10,468.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,198 miles [11,584.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,081 miles [8,177.1 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 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 Coxs Ferry 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Coxs Ferry) 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 Coxs Ferry 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 Coxs Ferry. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.8960, Longitude: -83.9327 In this case, the coordinates for Coxs Ferry have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.90 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.01 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.547 degrees. |
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