Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Crawley, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Crawley and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Crawley

• 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 Crawley:
  • 31.386043, -82.453468
  • 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 Crawley

• 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 Ware County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Ware County
  • Since Crawley is near Bacon County and also Pierce County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Bacon County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Pierce 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 Crawley

Communities Also Named Crawley ...

We found one communities that are also named Crawley.

Within Georgia, the name Crawley is unique.

Beyond Georgia, there is another community also named Crawley in the United States.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • West Virginia
    • Greenbrier County
    • This Crawley is located in Greenbrier County and lies 463 miles [745.1 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Crawley that is located in Ware County.
    • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greenbrier County community of Crawley.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Crawley ...

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.

• Coffee
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Coffee is located in Bacon County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffee
• Dixie Union
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Dixie Union is located in Ware County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie Union
• Hasty
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Hasty is located in Ware County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hasty
• Homestead
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Homestead is located in Pierce County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homestead
• Jamestown
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Jamestown is located in Ware County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
• Sunnyside
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Sunnyside is located in Ware County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
• Walkersville
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Walkersville is located in Pierce County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walkersville
• Waltertown
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Waltertown is located in Ware County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waltertown
  • Estimated population in 2019: 4,115 people
  • Waltertown has also been known as:
  • Watertown

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

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

• Waycross, which is the Seat of Ware County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Crawley to Waycross, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
• Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 198 miles [318.7 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 601 miles [967.2 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 24 days and walking would take 35 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,463 miles [10,401.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,149 miles [11,505.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,036 miles [8,104.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'