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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 Dumas, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Dumas 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 Dumas:
- 32.039604, -84.491305
- 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 Dumas
- 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 Webster County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Webster County
- Since Dumas is near Sumter County and also Terrell County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sumter County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Terrell 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 Dumas
Communities Also Named Dumas ...
We found nine communities that are also named Dumas.
Within Georgia, the name Dumas is unique.
Beyond Georgia, we know of nine communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these nine communities, eight are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Desha County
- This Dumas is located in Desha County and lies 424 miles [682.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Dumas that is located in Webster County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Desha County community of Dumas.
- Mississippi
- Tippah County
- This Dumas is located in Tippah County and lies 308 miles [495.7 km]<1> to the northwest of the Dumas that is located in Webster County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tippah County community of Dumas.
- Missouri
- Clark County
- This Dumas is located in Clark County and lies 707 miles [1,137.8 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Dumas that is located in Webster County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clark County community of Dumas.
- Nebraska
- Garfield 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 Nebraska community of Dumas [Garfield County].
- Pennsylvania
- Somerset County
- This Dumas is located in Somerset County and lies 607 miles [976.9 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Dumas that is located in Webster County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Somerset County community of Dumas.
- Saskatchewan
- This Dumas lies 1,533 miles [2,467.1 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Dumas that is located in Webster County.
- Texas
- Moore County
- This Dumas is located in Moore County and lies 1,033 miles [1,662.5 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Dumas that is located in Webster County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Moore County community of Dumas.
- Wood County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Wood County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wood County community of Dumas.
- Washington
- Columbia County
- This Dumas is located in Columbia County and lies 2,027 miles [3,262.1 km]<1> to the northwest of the Dumas that is located in Webster County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Columbia County community of Dumas.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Dumas ...
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.
- Archery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Archery is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archery
- Centerpoint
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Centerpoint is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerpoint
- Cottondale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Cottondale is located in Terrell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottondale
- Friendship
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Friendship is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Gooseberry ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Gooseberry is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gooseberry
- Hoggs ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hoggs is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoggs
- Magnolia Springs ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Magnolia Springs is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia Springs
- Parrott
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Plains
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
How Far From Dumas 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 Dumas to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Dumas and extending to:
- Preston, which is the Seat of Webster County, lies just to the Northwest.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 118 miles [189.9 km]<1> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from Dumas to Atlanta, with an average speed<5>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 631 miles [1,015.5 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 25 days and walking would take 36 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,523 miles [10,497.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,218 miles [11,616.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,099 miles [8,206 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
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- Dumas) 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 Dumas 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> | 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 Dumas, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Dumas 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 Dumas. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.0396, Longitude: -84.4913 In this case, the coordinates for Dumas have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.228 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.409 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.723 degrees. |
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