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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 Fagan, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fagan 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 Fagan:
- 32.519871, -83.863519
- 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 Fagan
- 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 Fagan is near Macon County and also Houston County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Macon County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Houston 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 Fagan
Communities Also Named Fagan ...
We found six communities that are also named Fagan.
Within Georgia, the name Fagan is unique.
Beyond Georgia, we know of six communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Amador 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 California community of Fagan [Amador County].
- Butte County
- This Fagan is located in Butte County and lies 2,149 miles [3,458.5 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Fagan that is located in Peach County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Butte County community of Fagan.
- Kansas
- Graham 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 Fagan [Graham County].
- Osborne 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 Fagan [Osborne County].
- Kentucky
- Menifee County
- This Fagan is located in Menifee County and lies 372 miles [598.7 km]<2> to the north of the Fagan that is located in Peach County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Menifee County community of Fagan.
- North Carolina
- Lee 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 North Carolina community of Fagan [Lee County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Fagan ...
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.
- Indian Oaks
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Indian Oaks is located in Peach County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Oaks
- Lakeview
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lakeview is located in Peach County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Marshallville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Meadowdale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Meadowdale is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowdale
- Neal
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Neal is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neal
- Oak Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Oak Grove is located in Peach County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Ohio
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Ohio is located in Peach County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ohio
- Peach Valley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Peach Valley is located in Peach County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peach Valley
- Powersville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Powersville is located in Peach County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powersville
- Valley Pines
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Valley Pines is located in Peach County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Pines
- Willow Lake
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Willow Lake is located in Peach County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Lake
How Far From Fagan 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 Fagan to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Fagan and extending to:
- Fort Valley, which is the Seat of Peach County, lies just to the North Northwest.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 90 miles [144.8 km]<2> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from Fagan to Atlanta, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 583 miles [938.2 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 23 days and walking would take 34 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,473 miles [10,417.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,169 miles [11,537.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,050 miles [8,127.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Fagan 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Fagan) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Fagan 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 Fagan. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.5199, Longitude: -83.8635 In this case, the coordinates for Fagan have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.893 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.089 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.378 degrees. |
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