Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Donovan, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Donovan and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Donovan
- 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 Donovan:
- 32.771271, -82.712914
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Donovan
- 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 Johnson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Johnson County
- Since Donovan is near Washington County and also Laurens County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Washington County
- 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Donovan ...
We found six communities that share the name Donovan.
There is one other community in Georgia which is also named Donovan.
Beyond Georgia, we know of another five communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these five communities, five are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Located In Georgia ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Illinois
- Mississippi
- Ontario
- This Donovan lies 952 miles [1,532.1 km]<2> to the north of the Donovan that is located in Johnson County.
- Tennessee
- Texas
Curious and Interesting Names Near Donovan ...
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.
- Hazard
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest) - Irwins Crossroads
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Irwins Crossroads have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irwins Crossroads
- Irwins Crossroads is located in Washington County
- Kite
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kite
- Kite is located in Johnson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 226 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kite <5>
- Meeks
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast) - Peacocks Crossing
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Peacocks Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peacocks Crossing
- Peacocks Crossing is located in Washington County
- Pringle
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast) - Riddleville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Riddleville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riddleville
- Riddleville is located in Washington County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
- Sun Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north) - Tuckers Crossroad
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tuckers Crossroad have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuckers Crossroad
- Tuckers Crossroad is located in Laurens County
How Far From Donovan 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 Donovan to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Donovan and extending to:
- Wrightsville, which is the Seat of Johnson County, lies just to the South.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 118 miles [189.9 km]<2> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Donovan to Atlanta, with an average speed<6>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 528 miles [849.7 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 21 days and walking would take 30 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,412 miles [10,319.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,105 miles [11,434.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,987 miles [8,025.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Donovan. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Georgia: https://georgia.gov/
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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Donovan 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Donovan) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Donovan. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.7713, Longitude: -82.7129 In this case, the coordinates for Donovan have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Donovan, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Donovan to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.246 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.379 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.887 degrees. |