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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 Echeconnee, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Echeconnee 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 Echeconnee:
- 32.685307, -83.701234
- 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 Echeconnee
- 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 Peach County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Peach County
- Since Echeconnee is near Houston County and also Bibb County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Houston County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bibb 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 Echeconnee
Curious and Interesting Names Near Echeconnee ...
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.
- Centerville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Coal Neck Settlement ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Danes Meadow
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Danes Meadow is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danes Meadow
- Dove Cove
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Dove Cove is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dove Cove
- Echo Glen
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Echo Glen is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo Glen
- Fairystone
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Fairystone is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairystone
- Hidden Forest
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Hidden Forest is located in Peach County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Forest
- Hidden Oaks
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Hidden Oaks is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Oaks
- Honey Ridge Plantation
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Hunters Ridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Hunters Ridge is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Ridge
- Liberty View
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Liberty View is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty View
- Quail Run
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Quail Run is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Run
- Rutland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Rutland is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutland
- Estimated population in 2019: 842 people
- Three Oaks
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Three Oaks is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Oaks
How Far From Echeconnee 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 Echeconnee to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Echeconnee and extending to:
- Fort Valley, which is the Seat of Peach County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Echeconnee to Fort Valley, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 83 miles [133.6 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 568 miles [914.1 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 23 days and walking would take 33 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,459 miles [10,394.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,155 miles [11,514.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,035 miles [8,103 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Echeconnee) 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 Echeconnee 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 Echeconnee. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.6853, Longitude: -83.7012 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.807 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.014 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.278 degrees. |
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