Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Ennis, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ennis and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Ennis
- 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 Ennis:
- 32.910710, -82.982089
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Ennis
- 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 Washington County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Washington County
- Since Ennis is near Wilkinson County and also Baldwin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Wilkinson County
- eBird sighting report for Baldwin 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Ennis ...
We found eleven communities that share the name Ennis.
There are two communities within Georgia that are also named Ennis.
Beyond Georgia, we know of another nine communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Georgia ...
- Baldwin County
- Johnson County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
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- Washington
- West Virginia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Ennis ...
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.
- Balls Ferry
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Balls Ferry have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balls Ferry
- Balls Ferry is located in Washington County
- Deepstep
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deepstep
- Deepstep is located in Washington County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 118 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Deepstep <4>
- Friendship
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Friendship have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Friendship is located in Hancock County
- Goat Town
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north) - Goldens Mill ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Goldens Mill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldens Mill
- Goldens Mill is located in Wilkinson County
- Hazard
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast) - Hebron
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north) - Irwins Crossroads
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Irwins Crossroads have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irwins Crossroads
- Irwins Crossroads is located in Washington County
- Sandersville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sandersville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandersville
- Sandersville is located in Washington County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,275 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sandersville <4>
- Tabernacle
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tabernacle have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabernacle
- Tabernacle is located in Washington County
- Tucker Ferry
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tucker Ferry have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tucker Ferry
- Tucker Ferry is located in Baldwin County
- Youngblood Corners ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Youngblood Corners have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngblood Corners
- Youngblood Corners is located in Wilkinson County
How Far From Ennis 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 community such as Ennis to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Ennis and extending to:
- Sandersville, which is the Seat of Washington County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Ennis to Sandersville, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 99 miles [159.3 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 530 miles [853 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 21 days and walking would take 31 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,417 miles [10,327.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,112 miles [11,445.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,993 miles [8,035.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Ennis. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Georgia: https://georgia.gov/
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 Ennis 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- Ennis) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Ennis. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.9107, Longitude: -82.9821 In this case, the coordinates for Ennis have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Ennis to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.405 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.581 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.953 degrees. |