Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Excelsior, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Excelsior and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Excelsior
- 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 Excelsior:
- 31.404629, -83.607946
- 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 Excelsior
- 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 Tift County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Tift County
- Since Excelsior is near Worth County and also Colquitt County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Worth County
- eBird sighting report for Colquitt 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 Excelsior ...
We found 21 communities that share the name Excelsior.
There are two communities within Georgia that are also named Excelsior.
Beyond Georgia, we know of another nineteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Georgia ...
- Bulloch County
- Candler County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Florida
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Douglas 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 Kansas community of Excelsior [Douglas County].
- Mitchell County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Excelsior [Mitchell County].
- Pawnee County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Excelsior [Pawnee County].
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Missouri
- Atchison County
- Although located in Atchison County, we don't know the location within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Atchison County community of Excelsior.
- Morgan County
- This Excelsior is located in Morgan County and lies 709 miles [1,141 km]<2> to the northwest of the Excelsior that is located in Tift County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morgan County community of Excelsior.
- Nevada
- North Carolina
- Pennsylvania
- South Carolina
- Washington
- West Virginia
- McDowell County
- This Excelsior is located in McDowell County and lies 422 miles [679.1 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Excelsior that is located in Tift County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the McDowell County community of Excelsior.
- Upshur County
- This Excelsior is located in Upshur County and lies 556 miles [894.8 km] to the north northeast of the Excelsior that is located in Tift County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Upshur County community of Excelsior.
- Webster County
- This Excelsior is located in Webster County and lies 518 miles [833.6 km] to the north northeast of the Excelsior that is located in Tift County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Webster County community of Excelsior.
- Wisconsin
Curious and Interesting Names Near Excelsior ...
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.
- Eldorado
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast) - Ferry Lake
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ferry Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferry Lake
- Ferry Lake is located in Tift County
- Kelltown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east) - Norman Park
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Norman Park have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norman Park
- Norman Park is located in Colquitt County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 958 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Norman Park <5>
- Pebblebrook
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pebblebrook have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pebblebrook
- Pebblebrook is located in Tift County
- Scooterville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Scooterville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scooterville
- Scooterville is located in Worth County
- Sunsweet
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north) - Ty Ty
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ty Ty
- Ty Ty is located in Tift County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 731 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ty Ty <5>
- Unionville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
- Unionville is located in Tift County
How Far From Excelsior to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Excelsior to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Excelsior and extending to:
- Tifton, which is the Seat of Tift County, lies just to the East Northeast.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 168 miles [270.4 km]<2> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from Excelsior to Atlanta, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 636 miles [1,023.5 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 25 days and walking would take 37 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,513 miles [10,481.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,203 miles [11,592.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,087 miles [8,186.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Excelsior. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Tift County: www.tiftcounty.org/
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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek 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 Excelsior 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Excelsior) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Excelsior. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.4046, Longitude: -83.6079 In this case, the coordinates for Excelsior have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Excelsior, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Excelsior to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.689 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.698 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.54 degrees. |