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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 Eason, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Eason 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 Eason:
- 30.811027, -83.849333
- 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 Eason
- 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 Thomas County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Thomas County
- Since Eason is near Brooks County and also Jefferson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Brooks County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson 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 Eason
Communities Also Named Eason ...
We found two communities that are also named Eason.
Within Georgia, the name Eason is unique.
Beyond Georgia, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Oklahoma
- Pottawatomie County
- This Eason is located in Pottawatomie County and lies 821 miles [1,321.3 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Eason that is located in Thomas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pottawatomie County community of Eason.
- Tennessee
- Macon 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 Tennessee community of Eason [Macon County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Eason ...
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.
- Beverly ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Beverly is located in Thomas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beverly
- Booker Heights
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Booker Heights is located in Thomas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Booker Heights
- Boston
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Dixie
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Everett
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Everett is located in Thomas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everett
- Five Forks
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Five Forks is located in Thomas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Forks
- Glasgow
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Glasgow is located in Thomas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glasgow
- Grooverville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Grooverville is located in Brooks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grooverville
- Lambville ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Lambville is located in Thomas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambville
- Merrillville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Merrillville is located in Thomas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrillville
- Pebble Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Pebble Hill is located in Thomas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pebble Hill
- Roddenberry ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Roddenberry is located in Thomas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roddenberry
How Far From Eason 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 Eason to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Eason and extending to:
- Thomasville, which is the Seat of Thomas County, lies just to the West Northwest.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 205 miles [329.9 km]<1> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from Eason 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 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 678 miles [1,091.1 km] to the north northeast (NNE). 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 6,551 miles [10,542.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,239 miles [11,650 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,125 miles [8,247.9 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Eason) 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 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 Eason 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 Eason 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 Eason. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.8110, Longitude: -83.8493 In this case, the coordinates for Eason have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.789 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.731 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.758 degrees. |
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