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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 Eatonton, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Eatonton 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 Eatonton:
- 33.326700, -83.388559
- 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 Eatonton
- 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 Putnam County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Putnam County
- Since Eatonton is near Jasper County and also Morgan County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jasper County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Morgan 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 Eatonton
Communities Also Named Eatonton ...
We found one communities that are also named Eatonton.
Within Georgia, the name Eatonton is unique.
Beyond Georgia, there is another community also named Eatonton in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Franklin 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 Alabama community of Eatonton [Franklin County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Eatonton ...
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.
- Apollo ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Apollo is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apollo
- Dennis
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Flat Rock
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Flat Rock is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
- Harmony
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Harmony is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
- Hunts
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Hunts is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunts
- Imperial
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Imperial is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Imperial
- Martins Ferry
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Martins Ferry is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martins Ferry
- Note
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Note is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Note
- Rockville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Rockville is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
How Far From Eatonton 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 city such as Eatonton to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Eatonton and extending to:
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 64 miles [103 km]<2> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could walk a straight line from Eatonton to Atlanta, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 522 miles [840.1 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just over a day, a buggy would take 21 days and walking would take 30 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,416 miles [10,325.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,113 miles [11,447.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,993 miles [8,035.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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 Eatonton 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> | 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- Eatonton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Eatonton 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 Eatonton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.3267, Longitude: -83.3886 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.654 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.928 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.003 degrees. |
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