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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 Dempsey, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Dempsey 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 Dempsey:
- 32.246560, -83.237375
- 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 Dempsey
- 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 Dodge County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dodge County
- Since Dempsey is near Bleckley County and also Laurens County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bleckley County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Laurens 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 Dempsey
Communities Also Named Dempsey ...
We found eight communities that are also named Dempsey.
Within Georgia, the name Dempsey is unique.
Beyond Georgia, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Franklin County
- This Dempsey is located in Franklin County and lies 312 miles [502.1 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Dempsey that is located in Dodge County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Dempsey.
- Arkansas
- Columbia 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 Arkansas community of Dempsey [Columbia County].
- Idaho
- Bannock County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Dempsey [Bannock County].
- Michigan
- Kalkaska 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 Michigan community of Dempsey [Kalkaska County].
- Montana
- Powell 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 Montana community of Dempsey [Powell County].
- Oklahoma
- Roger Mills County
- This Dempsey is located in Roger Mills County and lies 975 miles [1,569.1 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Dempsey that is located in Dodge County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Roger Mills County community of Dempsey.
- Texas
- Cass 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 Texas community of Dempsey [Cass County].
- West Virginia
- Fayette County
- This Dempsey is located in Fayette County and lies 417 miles [671.1 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Dempsey that is located in Dodge County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Dempsey.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Dempsey ...
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.
- Beehive ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Beehive is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beehive
- Chester
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Dodge High
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Dodge High is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodge High
- Empire
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Empire is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empire
- Five Points
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Five Points is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Goose Neck
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Goose Neck is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goose Neck
- Nameless
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Nameless is located in Laurens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nameless
- Union
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Union is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Yonkers
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Yonkers is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yonkers
How Far From Dempsey to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Dempsey to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Dempsey and extending to:
- Eastman, which is the Seat of Dodge County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 123 miles [197.9 km]<1> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from Dempsey 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 576 miles [927 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,459 miles [10,394.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,151 miles [11,508.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,034 miles [8,101.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Dempsey) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Dempsey 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> | 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 Dempsey, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 Dempsey 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 Dempsey. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.2466, Longitude: -83.2374 In this case, the coordinates for Dempsey have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.522 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.623 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.209 degrees. |
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