Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Doctortown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Doctortown and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Doctortown

• 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 Doctortown:
  • 31.651538, -81.831298
  • 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 Doctortown

• 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 Wayne County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Wayne County
  • Since Doctortown is near Long County and also Liberty County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Long County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Liberty 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 Doctortown

Curious and Interesting Names Near Doctortown ...

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.

• Brewer ‑ Historic
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Brewer is located in Long County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewer
• Creek Island
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Creek Island is located in Liberty County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creek Island
• Donald
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Donald is located in Long County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donald
  • Estimated population in 2019: 2,466 people
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Donald
  • From Doctortown to Donald
• Gum Branch
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Gum Branch is located in Liberty County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Branch
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 269 people
• Horse Ford
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Horse Ford is located in Long County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Ford
• Leake
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Leake is located in Wayne County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leake
• Noble
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Noble is located in Long County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noble
• Paradise Park
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Paradise Park is located in Wayne County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Park
• Piney Grove
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Piney Grove is located in Wayne County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Grove
• Smiley Crossroads
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Smiley Crossroads is located in Long County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smiley Crossroads
• Sun Hill
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Sun Hill is located in Wayne County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Hill

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Doctortown and extending to:

• Jesup, which is the Seat of Wayne County, lies just to the Southwest.
• Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 207 miles [333.1 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Doctortown to Atlanta, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 12 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 568 miles [914.1 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 23 days and walking would take 33 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,423 miles [10,336.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,109 miles [11,440.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,996 miles [8,040.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'