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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 Fambro, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fambro 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 Fambro:
- 34.488977, -84.786326
- 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 Fambro
- 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 Gordon County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Gordon County
- Since Fambro is near Bartow County and also Pickens County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bartow County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pickens 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 Fambro
Curious and Interesting Names Near Fambro ...
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.
- Audubon
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Audubon is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Audubon
- Big Spring ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Big Spring is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Spring
- Bobo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Bobo is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bobo
- Bowls ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Bowls is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowls
- Buff ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Buff is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buff
- Estimated population in 2019: 15,522 people
- Cash
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Cash is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cash
- Crane Eater
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Crane Eater is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crane Eater
- Farmville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Farmville is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmville
- Fields Ferry
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Fields Ferry is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fields Ferry
- Hunts Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hunts Corner is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunts Corner
- Lewis Corner
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lewis Corner is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis Corner
- Ranger
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Redbud
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Redbud is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redbud
How Far From Fambro 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 Fambro to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<2> community of Fambro once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Fambro and extending to:
- Calhoun, which is the Seat of Gordon County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Fambro to Calhoun, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 55 miles [88.5 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 525 miles [844.9 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 21 days and walking would take 30 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,421 miles [10,333.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,128 miles [11,471.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,005 miles [8,054.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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> | 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 Fambro, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Fambro) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Fambro 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 Fambro. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.4890, Longitude: -84.7863 In this case, the coordinates for Fambro have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.519 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.087 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.265 degrees. |
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