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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 District Path, we use the following websites to find information relevant to District Path 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 District Path:
- 32.612926, -83.379059
- 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 District Path
- 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 Twiggs County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Twiggs County
- Since District Path is near Bleckley County and also Houston 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 Houston 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 District Path
Curious and Interesting Names Near District Path ...
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.
- Cooktown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Cooktown is located in Wilkinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooktown
- Creekside
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Creekside is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creekside
- Danes Meadow
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Danes Meadow is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danes Meadow
- Danville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Deerwood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Deerwood is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerwood
- Dry Branch
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Five Points
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Five Points is located in Bleckley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Forest Pointe
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Forest Pointe is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Pointe
- Hickory Woods
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Hickory Woods is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Woods
- Holly Bluff
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Holly Bluff is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Bluff
- Honey Ridge Plantation
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Kings Crossing
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Kings Crossing is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Crossing
- Marion
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Marion is located in Twiggs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
- Royal
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Royal is located in Bleckley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal
- Estimated population in 2019: 2,571 people
How Far From District Path 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 District Path to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in District Path and extending to:
- Jeffersonville, which is the Seat of Twiggs County, lies just to the North Northeast.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 98 miles [157.7 km]<2> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from District Path to Atlanta, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 560 miles [901.2 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 22 days and walking would take 32 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,448 miles [10,377.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,143 miles [11,495.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,024 miles [8,085.3 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- District Path) 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 District Path 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 District Path. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.6129, Longitude: -83.3791 In this case, the coordinates for District Path have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.619 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.787 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.174 degrees. |
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