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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 Empress, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Empress 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 Empress:
- 30.671563, -83.566423
- 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 Empress
- 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 Empress is near Madison County and also Jefferson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Madison 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 Empress
Communities Also Named Empress ...
We found one communities that are also named Empress.
Within Georgia, the name Empress is unique.
Beyond Georgia, there is another community also named Empress in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alberta
- This Empress lies 1,947 miles [3,133.4 km]<1> to the northwest of the Empress that is located in Brooks County.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Empress ...
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.
- Cherry Lake
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Dills
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Dills is located in Jefferson County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dills
- Dixie
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Grooverville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Grooverville is located in Brooks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grooverville
- Maysland
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Maysland is located in Madison County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maysland
- Quitman
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Reams
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Reams is located in Madison County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reams
- Shiver
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Shiver is located in Brooks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiver
- Spain
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Spain is located in Brooks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spain
- Spray
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Spray is located in Madison County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spray
How Far From Empress 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 Empress to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Empress and extending to:
- Quitman, which is the Seat of Brooks County, lies just to the North.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 218 miles [350.8 km]<1> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from Empress to Atlanta, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take nearly four hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 13 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 677 miles [1,089.5 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,545 miles [10,533.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,231 miles [11,637.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,118 miles [8,236.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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- Empress) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Empress 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 Empress. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.6716, Longitude: -83.5664 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.621 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.518 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.688 degrees. |
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