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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 Daniel Plantation, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Daniel Plantation 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 Daniel Plantation:
- 33.890395, -83.435994
- 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 Daniel Plantation
- 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 Oconee County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Oconee County
- Since Daniel Plantation is near Clarke County and also Morgan County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clarke County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Morgan 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 Daniel Plantation
Curious and Interesting Names Near Daniel Plantation ...
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.
- Crossties
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Crossties is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossties
- Crystal Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Crystal Hills is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Hills
- Fieldstone
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Fieldstone is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fieldstone
- Garden Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Garden Hills is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Hills
- Hickory Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Hickory Hill is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hill
- Hillcrest
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Hillcrest is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
- Holly Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Holly Hills is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Hills
- Indian Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Indian Hills is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Hills
- Ivywood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ivywood is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivywood
- Jennings Mill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Jennings Mill is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jennings Mill
- Kingswood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Kingswood is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingswood
- McNutt Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- McNutt Creek is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McNutt Creek
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Overlook Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Overlook Village is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overlook Village
- Quail Run
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Quail Run is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Run
- Skyline Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Skyline Park is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyline Park
- Stonebridge
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Stonebridge is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonebridge
- Summit Grove
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Summit Grove is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Grove
- Tanglebrook
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Tanglebrook is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanglebrook
- Tanglewood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Tanglewood is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanglewood
- Tee Pee
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Tee Pee is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tee Pee
- Windy Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Windy Creek is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windy Creek
- Windy Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Windy Hill is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windy Hill
How Far From Daniel Plantation 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 Daniel Plantation to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Daniel Plantation and extending to:
- Watkinsville, which is the Seat of Oconee County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 55 miles [88.5 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could walk a straight line from Daniel Plantation to Atlanta, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 495 miles [796.6 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 29 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,392 miles [10,286.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,092 miles [11,413.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,971 miles [8,000 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Daniel Plantation) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Daniel Plantation 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 Daniel Plantation. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.8904, Longitude: -83.4360 In this case, the coordinates for Daniel Plantation have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.702 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.062 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.881 degrees. |
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