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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 Douglasville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Douglasville 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 Douglasville:
- 31.360158, -84.670447
- 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 Douglasville
- 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 Early County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Early County
- Since Douglasville is near Baker County and also Calhoun County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Baker County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Calhoun 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 Douglasville
Communities Also Named Douglasville ...
We found five communities that are also named Douglasville.
There is one other community in Georgia that is also named Douglasville.
Beyond Georgia, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Located In Georgia ...
- Douglas County
- This Douglasville is located in Douglas County and lies 165 miles [265.5 km]<1> to the north of the Douglasville that is located in Early County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Douglas County community of Douglasville.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Baldwin County
- This Douglasville is located in Baldwin County and lies 187 miles [300.9 km]<1> to the west of the Douglasville that is located in Early County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baldwin County community of Douglasville.
- Escambia County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Douglasville [Escambia County].
- Jefferson County
- This Douglasville is located in Jefferson County and lies 195 miles [313.8 km] to the northwest of the Douglasville that is located in Early County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Douglasville.
- Arkansas
- Pulaski County
- This Douglasville is located in Pulaski County and lies 501 miles [806.3 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Douglasville that is located in Early County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pulaski County community of Douglasville.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Douglasville ...
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.
- Anna
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bethany
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Bethany is located in Baker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany
- Commissary Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Commissary Hill is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Commissary Hill
- Cooktown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cooktown is located in Miller County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooktown
- Crossroads
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Crossroads is located in Early County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossroads
- Cuba
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cuba is located in Early County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
- Damascus
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Hentown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hentown is located in Early County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hentown
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,944 people
- Jeterville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Jeterville is located in Miller County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeterville
- Jones Spur
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Jones Spur is located in Baker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Spur
- Leary
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Parksville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Parksville is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parksville
How Far From Douglasville 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 Douglasville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Douglasville and extending to:
- Blakely, which is the Seat of Early County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Douglasville to Blakely, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 166 miles [267.2 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 675 miles [1,086.3 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 27 days and walking would take 39 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,562 miles [10,560.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,255 miles [11,675.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,138 miles [8,268.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Douglasville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Douglasville 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. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Douglasville 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 Douglasville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.3602, Longitude: -84.6704 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.289 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.385 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.937 degrees. |
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