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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 Dents Ferry, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Dents Ferry 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 Dents Ferry:
- 33.648466, -82.201232
- 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 Dents Ferry
- 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 Columbia County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Columbia County
- Since Dents Ferry is near McCormick County and also Lincoln County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for McCormick County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lincoln 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 Dents Ferry
Communities Also Named Dents Ferry ...
We found one communities that are also named Dents Ferry.
Within Georgia, the name Dents Ferry is unique.
Beyond Georgia, there is another community also named Dents Ferry in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- South Carolina
- McCormick County
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the McCormick County community of Dents Ferry.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Dents Ferry ...
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.
- Camelot
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Camelot is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot
- Chimney Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Chimney Hill is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chimney Hill
- Creek View
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Creek View is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creek View
- Evans
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Evans Mill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Evans Mill is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans Mill
- Fernbrook
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Fernbrook is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fernbrook
- Furys Ferry
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Furys Ferry is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furys Ferry
- Glennwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Glennwood is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glennwood
- Maysville ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Maysville is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maysville
- Millers Crossroads
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Millers Crossroads is located in Edgefield County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millers Crossroads
- Morgana
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Morgana is located in Edgefield County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgana
- Parksville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Price Ferry
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Price Ferry is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price Ferry
- Woodlawn
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Woodlawn is located in McCormick County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn
How Far From Dents Ferry 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 Dents Ferry to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Dents Ferry and extending to:
- Appling, which is the Seat of Columbia County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Dents Ferry to Appling, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 125 miles [201.2 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 462 miles [743.5 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 18 days and walking would take 27 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,350 miles [10,219.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,045 miles [11,337.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,926 miles [7,927.6 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Dents Ferry) 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 Dents Ferry 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 Dents Ferry. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.6485, Longitude: -82.2012 In this case, the coordinates for Dents Ferry have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.982 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.199 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.469 degrees. |
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