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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 Danes Meadow, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Danes Meadow 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 Danes Meadow:
- 32.645422, -83.630739
- 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 Danes Meadow
- 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 Houston County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Houston County
- Since Danes Meadow is near Bibb County and also Peach County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bibb County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Peach 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 Danes Meadow
Curious and Interesting Names Near Danes Meadow ...
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.
- Bass
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bass is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bass
- Centerville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Creekside
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Creekside is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creekside
- Deerwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Deerwood is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerwood
- Dove Cove
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Dove Cove is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dove Cove
- Echo Glen
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Echo Glen is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo Glen
- Hickory Woods
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Hickory Woods is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Woods
- Hidden Oaks
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hidden Oaks is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Oaks
- Holly Bluff
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Holly Bluff is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Bluff
- Honey Ridge Plantation
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Hunters Ridge
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Hunters Ridge is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Ridge
- Kings Crossing
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Kings Crossing is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Crossing
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Quail Meadow
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Quail Meadow is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Meadow
- Quail Run
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Quail Run is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Run
- Three Oaks
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Three Oaks is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Oaks
- Turtle Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Turtle Creek is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turtle Creek
How Far From Danes Meadow 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 Danes Meadow to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Danes Meadow and extending to:
- Perry, which is the Seat of Houston County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Danes Meadow to Perry, with an average speed<3> 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 four to five hours.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 88 miles [141.6 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 567 miles [912.5 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 23 days and walking would take 33 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,457 miles [10,391.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,153 miles [11,511.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,034 miles [8,101.4 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 '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- Danes Meadow) 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 Danes Meadow 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 Danes Meadow. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.6454, Longitude: -83.6307 In this case, the coordinates for Danes Meadow have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.765 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.959 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.261 degrees. |
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