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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 David, we use the following websites to find information relevant to David 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 David:
- 33.261533, -82.494849
- 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 David
- 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 Glascock County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Glascock County
- Since David is near Jefferson County and also McDuffie County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson County
- Open the eBird sighting report for McDuffie 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 David
Communities Also Named David ...
We found four communities that are also named David.
Within Georgia, the name David is unique.
Beyond Georgia, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Butte County
- This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of David [Butte County].
- Kansas
- Norton 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 Kansas community of David [Norton County].
- Kentucky
- Floyd County
- This David is located in Floyd County and lies 300 miles [482.8 km]<3> to the north of the David that is located in Glascock County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Floyd County community of David.
- New Mexico
- Harding County
- This community is historic<1> and although located in Harding County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harding County community of David.
Curious and Interesting Names Near David ...
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.
- Boneville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Dearing
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Downs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Downs is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downs
- Five Points
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Five Points is located in Glascock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Glovers Millpond
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Glovers Millpond is located in Glascock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glovers Millpond
- Happy Valley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Happy Valley is located in McDuffie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Valley
- Harts
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Harts is located in Glascock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harts
- Magnolia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Magnolia is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
- Mitchell
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Noah
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Noah is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noah
- Noah has also been known as:
- Noah Station
- Plainview
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Plainview is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview
- Stony Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Stony Hill is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Hill
How Far From David 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 David to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic community of David once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in David and extending to:
- Gibson, which is the Seat of Glascock County, lies just to the West Southwest.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 114 miles [183.5 km]<3> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from David to Atlanta, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 493 miles [793.4 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 28 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,380 miles [10,267.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,075 miles [11,386.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,956 miles [7,975.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 David, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 David 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> | 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- David) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 David 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 David. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.2615, Longitude: -82.4948 In this case, the coordinates for David have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.138 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.324 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.681 degrees. |
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