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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 Dodge High, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Dodge High 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 Dodge High:
- 32.230450, -83.229042
- 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 Dodge High
- 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 Dodge County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dodge County
- Since Dodge High is near Bleckley County and also Laurens 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 Laurens 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 Dodge High
Curious and Interesting Names Near Dodge High ...
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.
- Beehive ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Beehive is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beehive
- Chester
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Empire
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Empire is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empire
- Five Points
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Five Points is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Goose Neck
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Goose Neck is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goose Neck
- Jay Bird Springs
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Jay Bird Springs is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jay Bird Springs
- Nameless
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Nameless is located in Laurens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nameless
- Union
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Union is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Yonkers
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Yonkers is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yonkers
How Far From Dodge High 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 Dodge High to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Dodge High and extending to:
- Eastman, which is the Seat of Dodge County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 124 miles [199.6 km]<2> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from Dodge High to Atlanta, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 576 miles [927 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 6,459 miles [10,394.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,151 miles [11,508.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,034 miles [8,101.4 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Dodge High) 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 Dodge High 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 Dodge High. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.2304, Longitude: -83.2290 In this case, the coordinates for Dodge High have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.517 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.615 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.21 degrees. |
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