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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 Digbey, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Digbey 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 Digbey:
    • 33.257620, -84.489370
    • 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 Digbey
  • 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 Spalding County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Spalding County
    • Since Digbey is near Fayette County and also Coweta County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Fayette County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Coweta 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 Digbey

Communities Also Named Digbey ...

We found one communities that are also named Digbey.

There is one other community in Georgia that is also named Digbey.

Beyond Georgia.

  • Communities Located In Georgia ...
    • Fayette County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Digbey [Fayette County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Digbey ...

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.

  • Birdie
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Birdie is located in Spalding County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdie
  • Blackjack
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Blackjack is located in Coweta County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackjack
  • Broom Hall
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Broom Hall is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broom Hall
  • Chestnutfield
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Chestnutfield is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnutfield
  • Clover
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Clover is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover
  • Clover Reach
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Clover Reach is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Reach
  • Crescent Oak
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Crescent Oak is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent Oak
  • Elders Mill
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Elders Mill is located in Coweta County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elders Mill
  • Farmdale ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Farmdale is located in Coweta County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmdale
  • Friendship
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Friendship is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
  • Gypsy Woods
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Gypsy Woods is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gypsy Woods
  • Jennings Yard
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Jennings Yard is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jennings Yard
  • Continue List   (9 more) ...
    • Meadow Run
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Meadow Run is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Run
    • Peachtree Walk
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Peachtree Walk is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peachtree Walk
    • Peeks Crossing
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Peeks Crossing is located in Coweta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peeks Crossing
    • Porters Ridge
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Porters Ridge is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porters Ridge
    • Rest ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Rest is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rest
    • Rockspray
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Rockspray is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockspray
    • Rover
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Rover is located in Spalding County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rover
    • Sawmill Trace
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Sawmill Trace is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawmill Trace
    • Tapestry
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Tapestry is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tapestry

How Far From Digbey 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 Digbey to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Digbey and extending to:

  • Griffin, which is the Seat of Spalding County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Digbey to Griffin, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 34 miles [54.7 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take most of two days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 569 miles [915.7 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,466 miles [10,406 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,167 miles [11,534.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,046 miles [8,120.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Digbey 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.
<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 drawn from Point A (ie- Digbey) 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 Digbey 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 Digbey. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.2576, Longitude: -84.4894       In this case, the coordinates for Digbey have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.291 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.652 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.443 degrees.