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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 Fain, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fain 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 Fain:
- 34.824535, -83.871294
- 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 Fain
- 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 Union County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Union County
- Since Fain is near Towns County and also White County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Towns County
- Open the eBird sighting report for White 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 Fain
Curious and Interesting Names Near Fain ...
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.
- Canal Lake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Canal Lake is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canal Lake
- Population from the 2010 Census: 23,025 people
- Ebenezer
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Ebenezer is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebenezer
- Hood ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Hood is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hood
- Laura ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Laura is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laura
- Mountain Scene
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Mountain Scene is located in Towns County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Scene
- Otto ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Otto is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otto
- Owltown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Owltown is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owltown
- Estimated population in 2019: 2,346 people
- Pleasant Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Pleasant Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Sunnyside
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sunnyside is located in Towns County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
- Town Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Town Creek is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Town Creek
- Trackrock ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Trackrock is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trackrock
- Young Harris
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
How Far From Fain 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 Fain to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Fain and extending to:
- Blairsville, which is the Seat of Union County, lies just to the Northwest.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 79 miles [127.1 km]<2> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Fain to Atlanta, with an average speed<3>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 5 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 470 miles [756.4 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 19 days and walking would take 27 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,367 miles [10,246.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,073 miles [11,382.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,950 miles [7,966.3 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 from Point A (ie- Fain) 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 Fain 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 Fain. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.8245, Longitude: -83.8713 In this case, the coordinates for Fain have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.987 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.522 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.814 degrees. |
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