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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 Durden, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Durden 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 Durden:
- 30.791865, -83.473490
- 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 Durden
- 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 Brooks County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Brooks County
- Since Durden is near Lowndes County and also Madison County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lowndes County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Madison 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 Durden
Communities Also Named Durden ...
We found one communities that are also named Durden.
There is one other community in Georgia that is also named Durden.
Beyond Georgia.
- Communities Located In Georgia ...
- Emanuel 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 Georgia community of Durden [Emanuel County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Durden ...
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.
- Empress
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Empress is located in Brooks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empress
- Gates ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Gates is located in Brooks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gates
- Golden ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Golden is located in Brooks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden
- Kennedy ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Kennedy is located in Brooks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennedy
- Kinderlou
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Kinderlou is located in Lowndes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinderlou
- Lakeview Heights
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Lakeview Heights is located in Lowndes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Heights
- Pebble Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Pebble Hill is located in Brooks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pebble Hill
- Provident
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Provident is located in Lowndes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Provident
- Quitman
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Shiver
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Shiver is located in Brooks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiver
- Spain
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Spain is located in Brooks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spain
- Wood Valley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Wood Valley is located in Lowndes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood Valley
How Far From Durden 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 Durden to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Durden and extending to:
- Quitman, which is the Seat of Brooks County, lies just to the West.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 211 miles [339.6 km]<3> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from Durden 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 667 miles [1,073.4 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 26 days and walking would take 38 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,536 miles [10,518.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,222 miles [11,622.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,108 miles [8,220.5 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Durden 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Durden) 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 Durden 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 Durden. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.7919, Longitude: -83.4735 In this case, the coordinates for Durden have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.577 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.483 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.629 degrees. |
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