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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 Dogsboro, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Dogsboro 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 Dogsboro:
- 34.032057, -83.315711
- 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 Dogsboro
- 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 Madison County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Madison County
- Since Dogsboro is near Clarke County and also Jackson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clarke County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jackson 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 Dogsboro
Curious and Interesting Names Near Dogsboro ...
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.
- Center
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Center is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center
- Cherokee Forest
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cherokee Forest is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Forest
- Diamond Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Diamond Hill is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond Hill
- Diamond Rock ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Diamond Rock is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond Rock
- Dowdy ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Dowdy is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dowdy
- Hull
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Overlook Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Overlook Lake is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overlook Lake
- Planter
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Planter is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Planter
- Rollingwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Rollingwood is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rollingwood
- Seagraves
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Seagraves is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seagraves
- Shoal Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Shoal Creek is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoal Creek
- Shoalsview
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Shoalsview is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoalsview
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Stonemill Run
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Stonemill Run is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonemill Run
- Windfall Heights
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Windfall Heights is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windfall Heights
- Winter Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Winter Hills is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winter Hills
- Winterville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
How Far From Dogsboro 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 Dogsboro to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Dogsboro and extending to:
- Danielsville, which is the Seat of Madison County, lies just to the Northeast.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 64 miles [103 km]<2> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could walk a straight line from Dogsboro to Atlanta, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 483 miles [777.3 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 19 days and walking would take 28 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,380 miles [10,267.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,081 miles [11,395.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,960 miles [7,982.3 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Dogsboro) 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 Dogsboro 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 Dogsboro. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.0321, Longitude: -83.3157 In this case, the coordinates for Dogsboro have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.637 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.007 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.798 degrees. |
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