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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 Dakota, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Dakota 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 Dakota:
    • 31.776012, -83.693225
    • 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 Dakota
  • 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 Turner County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Turner County
    • Since Dakota is near Crisp County and also Worth County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Crisp County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Worth 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 Dakota

Communities Also Named Dakota ...

We found seven communities that are also named Dakota.

There is one other community in Georgia that is also named Dakota.

Beyond Georgia, we know of six communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these six communities, six are located in the United States and three are in Canada.

  • Communities Located In Georgia ...
    • Dooly 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 Dakota [Dooly County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Illinois
      • Stephenson County
      • This Dakota is located in Stephenson County and lies 799 miles [1,285.9 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Dakota that is located in Turner County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stephenson County community of Dakota.
    • Minnesota
      • Winona County
      • This Dakota is located in Winona County and lies 935 miles [1,504.7 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Dakota that is located in Turner County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Winona County community of Dakota.
    • Nebraska
      • Dakota County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Dakota County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dakota County community of Dakota.
    • Ontario
      • 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 Ontario community of Dakota.
    • West Virginia
      • Marion County
      • This Dakota is located in Marion County and lies 570 miles [917.3 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Dakota that is located in Turner County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marion County community of Dakota.
    • Wisconsin
      • Waushara County
      • This Dakota is located in Waushara County and lies 897 miles [1,443.6 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Dakota that is located in Turner County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Waushara County community of Dakota.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Dakota ...

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.

  • Armboy
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Armboy is located in Turner County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armboy
  • Cuffietown
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Cuffietown is located in Worth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuffietown
    • Estimated population in 2019: 186 people
  • Double Run
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Double Run is located in Wilcox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Double Run
  • Five Points
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Five Points is located in Turner County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
  • High Springs ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • High Springs is located in Turner County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Springs
  • Hobby
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Hobby is located in Turner County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobby
    • Estimated population in 2019: 536 people
  • Shinglers ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Shinglers is located in Turner County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shinglers
  • Worth
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Worth is located in Turner County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worth

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

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

  • Ashburn, which is the Seat of Turner County, lies just to the South Southeast.
  • Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 142 miles [228.5 km]<2> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from Dakota to Atlanta, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 617 miles [993 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 25 days and walking would take 35 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,500 miles [10,460.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,192 miles [11,574.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,075 miles [8,167.4 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 Dakota 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- Dakota) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Dakota, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Dakota 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 Dakota. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.7760, Longitude: -83.6932       In this case, the coordinates for Dakota have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.757 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.829 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.487 degrees.