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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 Dixie Village, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Dixie Village and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Dixie Village:
    • 33.564006, -83.777679
    • 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 Dixie Village
  • 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 Newton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Newton County
    • Since Dixie Village is near Walton County and also Jasper County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Walton County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Jasper 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 Dixie Village

Communities Also Named Dixie Village ...

We found one communities that are also named Dixie Village.

Within Georgia, the name Dixie Village is unique.

Beyond Georgia, there is another community also named Dixie Village in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Florida
      • Orange 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 Florida community of Dixie Village [Orange County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Dixie Village ...

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.

  • Dixie
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Dixie is located in Newton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie
  • Elk Ridge
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Elk Ridge is located in Newton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Ridge
  • Hidden Forest
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Hidden Forest is located in Newton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Forest
  • Hollow Hills
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Hollow Hills is located in Newton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollow Hills
  • Hub Junction
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Hub Junction is located in Newton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hub Junction
  • Jamestown
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jamestown is located in Newton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
  • Jerusalem
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jerusalem is located in Newton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerusalem
  • Melody
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Melody is located in Newton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melody
  • Oak Grove
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Oak Grove is located in Newton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
  • Quail Valley
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Quail Valley is located in Newton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Valley
  • Riverbend
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Riverbend is located in Newton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverbend
  • Skyline
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Skyline is located in Newton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyline
  • Willow Woods
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Willow Woods is located in Newton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Woods

How Far From Dixie Village to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Dixie Village to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Covington, which is the Seat of Newton County, lies just to the West Northwest.
  • Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 37 miles [59.5 km]<2> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could walk a straight line from Dixie Village to Atlanta, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 525 miles [844.9 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just over a day, a buggy would take 21 days and walking would take 30 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,421 miles [10,333.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,122 miles [11,461.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,001 miles [8,048.3 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Dixie Village 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Dixie Village) 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 Dixie Village 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 Dixie Village. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.5640, Longitude: -83.7777       In this case, the coordinates for Dixie Village have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.889 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.232 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.094 degrees.