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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 Du Pont, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Du Pont 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 Du Pont:
- 30.988548, -82.871792
- 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 Du Pont
- 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 Clinch County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clinch County
- Since Du Pont is near Lanier County and also Echols County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lanier County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Echols 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 Du Pont
Communities Also Named Du Pont ...
We found two communities that are also named Du Pont.
Within Georgia, the name Du Pont is unique.
Beyond Georgia, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Contra Costa County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Du Pont [Contra Costa County].
- South Carolina
- Charleston County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Du Pont [Charleston County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Du Pont ...
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.
- Cutting
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cutting is located in Clinch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutting
- Eightmile Still
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Eightmile Still is located in Clinch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eightmile Still
- Fivemile Still
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Fivemile Still is located in Clinch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fivemile Still
- Fruitland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Greens Crossing
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Greens Crossing is located in Lowndes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greens Crossing
- Greenwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Greenwood is located in Lanier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Haylow
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Haylow is located in Echols County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haylow
- Homerville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Magnolia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Magnolia is located in Clinch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
- Mexico Crossing
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mexico Crossing is located in Clinch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mexico Crossing
- Paletree
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Paletree is located in Clinch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paletree
How Far From Du Pont 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 town such as Du Pont to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Du Pont and extending to:
- Homerville, which is the Seat of Clinch County, lies just to the East Northeast.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 210 miles [338 km]<3> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from Du Pont to Atlanta, with an average speed<4>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 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 637 miles [1,025.2 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 25 days and walking would take 37 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,500 miles [10,460.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,185 miles [11,563.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,072 miles [8,162.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 Du Pont 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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 from Point A (ie- Du Pont) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Du Pont 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 Du Pont. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.9885, Longitude: -82.8718 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.253 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.137 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.371 degrees. |
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