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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 Deans Crossing, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Deans Crossing 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 Deans Crossing:
- 32.092696, -81.905116
- 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 Deans Crossing
- 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 Evans County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Evans County
- Since Deans Crossing is near Tattnall County and also Bryan County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Tattnall County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bryan 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 Deans Crossing
Curious and Interesting Names Near Deans Crossing ...
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.
- Daisy
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Daniels
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Daniels is located in Evans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daniels
- Easterling ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Easterling is located in Tattnall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easterling
- Edna
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Edna is located in Evans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edna
- Glennville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Groveland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Groveland is located in Bryan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groveland
- Jennie
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Jennie is located in Evans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jennie
- Kent ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Kent is located in Long County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent
- Kicklighter ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Kicklighter is located in Tattnall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kicklighter
- Lynn
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Lynn is located in Tattnall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn
- Moodys Crossing ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Moodys Crossing is located in Tattnall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moodys Crossing
- Mount Pleasant
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Evans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
How Far From Deans Crossing 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 Deans Crossing to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Deans Crossing and extending to:
- Claxton, which is the Seat of Evans County, lies just to the North.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 184 miles [296.1 km]<2> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Deans Crossing to Atlanta, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 11 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 543 miles [873.9 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 22 days and walking would take 31 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,407 miles [10,311.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,095 miles [11,418.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,980 miles [8,014.5 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 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Deans Crossing) 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 Deans Crossing 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 Deans Crossing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.0927, Longitude: -81.9051 In this case, the coordinates for Deans Crossing have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.765 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.729 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.761 degrees. |
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