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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 Cutoff, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cutoff 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 Cutoff:
- 32.276548, -84.053797
- 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 Cutoff
- 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 Macon County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Macon County
- Since Cutoff is near Sumter County and also Dooly County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sumter County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dooly 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 Cutoff
Communities Also Named Cutoff ...
We found two communities that are also named Cutoff.
Within Georgia, the name Cutoff is unique.
Beyond Georgia, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Louisiana
- Orleans Parish
- This Cutoff is located in Orleans Parish and lies 386 miles [621.2 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Cutoff that is located in Macon County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orleans Parish community of Cutoff.
- Texas
- Guadalupe 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 Texas community of Cutoff [Guadalupe County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cutoff ...
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.
- Bumphead
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bumphead is located in Schley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bumphead
- Clearview
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Clearview is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearview
- Fields
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Fields is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fields
- Five Points
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Five Points is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Fountainville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Fountainville is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountainville
- Four Points
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Four Points is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Points
- Garden Valley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Garden Valley is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Valley
- Ideal
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Montezuma
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Travelers Rest
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Travelers Rest is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Travelers Rest
How Far From Cutoff 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 Cutoff to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Cutoff and extending to:
- Oglethorpe, which is the Seat of Macon County, lies just to the North Northwest.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 103 miles [165.8 km]<1> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from Cutoff to Atlanta, with an average speed<4>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 4 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 603 miles [970.4 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 24 days and walking would take 35 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,493 miles [10,449.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,188 miles [11,568 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,069 miles [8,157.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Cutoff) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Cutoff 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> | 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 Cutoff 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 Cutoff. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.2765, Longitude: -84.0538 In this case, the coordinates for Cutoff have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.99 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.167 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.505 degrees. |
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