Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Fancy Hall, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fancy Hall and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Fancy Hall

• 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 Fancy Hall:
  • 31.768828, -81.244825
  • 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 Fancy Hall

• 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 Bryan County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Bryan County
  • Since Fancy Hall is near Liberty County and also Chatham County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Liberty County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Chatham 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 Fancy Hall

Curious and Interesting Names Near Fancy Hall ...

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.

• Bryan Neck ‑ Historic
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Bryan Neck is located in Bryan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryan Neck
• Cottonham ‑ Historic
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Cottonham is located in Bryan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonham
• Drum Point Landing
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Drum Point Landing is located in Liberty County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drum Point Landing
• Halfmoon Landing
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Halfmoon Landing is located in Liberty County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfmoon Landing
• Limerick
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Limerick is located in Liberty County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limerick
• Middle Place
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Middle Place is located in Chatham County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Place
• Rabbit Hill
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Rabbit Hill is located in Bryan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rabbit Hill
• Retreat
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Retreat is located in Liberty County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Retreat
• Sweet Hill
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Sweet Hill is located in Bryan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Hill

How Far From Fancy Hall 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 Fancy Hall to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Fancy Hall and extending to:

• Pembroke, which is the Seat of Bryan County, lies 33 miles [53.1 km]<1> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Fancy Hall to Pembroke, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
• Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 228 miles [366.9 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 546 miles [878.7 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 22 days and walking would take 31 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,392 miles [10,286.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,076 miles [11,387.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,964 miles [7,988.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'