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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 Culverton, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Culverton 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 Culverton:
- 33.308477, -82.895144
- 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 Culverton
- 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 Hancock County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hancock County
- Since Culverton is near Warren County and also Glascock County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Warren County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Glascock 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 Culverton
Curious and Interesting Names Near Culverton ...
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.
- Downs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Downs is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downs
- Eureka ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Eureka is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
- Four Points
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Four Points is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Points
- Gum Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Gum Hill is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Hill
- Population from the 2010 Census: 2,146 people
- Harpertown ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Harpertown is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harpertown
- Jewell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Mitchell
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pride ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Pride is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pride
- Shoulderbone
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Shoulderbone is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoulderbone
- Stony Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Stony Hill is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Hill
- Sunshine ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Sunshine is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine
How Far From Culverton 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 Culverton to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Culverton and extending to:
- Sparta, which is the Seat of Hancock County, lies just to the West Southwest.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 91 miles [146.5 km]<2> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Culverton 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 505 miles [812.7 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 29 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,395 miles [10,291.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,091 miles [11,411.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,972 miles [8,001.7 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' (or 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- Culverton) 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 Culverton 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 Culverton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.3085, Longitude: -82.8951 In this case, the coordinates for Culverton have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.369 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.597 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.82 degrees. |
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