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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 Fay, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fay 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 Fay:
    • 33.620387, -84.235754
    • 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 Fay
  • 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 Fay ...

We found eleven communities that share the name Fay.

Within Georgia, the name Fay is unique.

Beyond Georgia, we know of another eleven communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Hempstead 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 Arkansas community of Fay [Hempstead County].
    • Illinois
      • Carroll 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 Illinois community of Fay [Carroll County].
    • Kansas
      • Russell 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 Fay [Russell County].
    • Louisiana
      • Winn Parish
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Fay [Winn Parish].
    • Missouri
      • Ozark County
      • This Fay is located in Ozark County and lies 500 miles [804.7 km]<3> to the west northwest of the Fay that is located in Henry County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ozark County community of Fay.
    • Nevada
      • Lincoln County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Fay [Lincoln County].
    • New York
      • Franklin County
      • This Fay is located in Franklin County and lies 939 miles [1,511.2 km]<3> to the north northeast of the Fay that is located in Henry County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Fay.
    • Ohio
      • Washington County
      • This Fay is located in Washington County and lies 435 miles [700.1 km]<3> to the north northeast of the Fay that is located in Henry County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Fay.
    • Oklahoma
      • Dewey County
      • This Fay is located in Dewey County and lies 831 miles [1,337.4 km]<3> to the west northwest of the Fay that is located in Henry County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dewey County community of Fay.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Lawrence 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 Pennsylvania community of Fay [Lawrence County].
    • Texas
      • Culberson County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in Culberson County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Culberson County community of Fay.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Fay ...

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.

  • Cherrywood
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cherrywood have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherrywood
    • Cherrywood is located in DeKalb County
  • Chimney Ridge
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chimney Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chimney Ridge
    • Chimney Ridge is located in DeKalb County
  • Cotton Indian Creek
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cotton Indian Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Indian Creek
    • Cotton Indian Creek is located in Henry County
  • Creek Cove
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Creek Cove have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creek Cove
    • Creek Cove is located in Henry County
  • Dove Rest
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dove Rest have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dove Rest
    • Dove Rest is located in Henry County
  • Ellenwood
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Flakes Crossing
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Flakes Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flakes Crossing
    • Flakes Crossing is located in Henry County
  • Foxfield
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Foxfield have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxfield
    • Foxfield is located in Clayton County
  • Hidden Lakes
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hidden Lakes have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Lakes
    • Hidden Lakes is located in Henry County
  • Homestead
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Homestead have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homestead
    • Homestead is located in Clayton County
  • Katherine Valley
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Katherine Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Katherine Valley
    • Katherine Valley is located in Clayton County
  • Knob ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Knob have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knob
    • Knob is located in Henry County
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Lincolndale
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lincolndale have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincolndale
      • Lincolndale is located in DeKalb County
    • Miners Creek
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Miners Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miners Creek
      • Miners Creek is located in DeKalb County
    • Pinecrest
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pinecrest have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinecrest
      • Pinecrest is located in Henry County
    • Raiders Ridge
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Raiders Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raiders Ridge
      • Raiders Ridge is located in DeKalb County
    • River Run
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for River Run have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Run
      • River Run is located in DeKalb County
    • Riverchase
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Riverchase have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverchase
      • Riverchase is located in DeKalb County
    • Rolling Meadows
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rolling Meadows have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Meadows
      • Rolling Meadows is located in Clayton County
    • Royal Oaks
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Royal Oaks have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Oaks
      • Royal Oaks is located in DeKalb County
    • Springwood Valley
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Springwood Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springwood Valley
      • Springwood Valley is located in Henry County
    • Stokes Crossing
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stokes Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stokes Crossing
      • Stokes Crossing is located in Henry County
    • Strawberry Hills
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Strawberry Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strawberry Hills
      • Strawberry Hills is located in Henry County
    • Sunset Hills
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunset Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Hills
      • Sunset Hills is located in Clayton County
    • Swan Lake
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Swan Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan Lake
      • Swan Lake is located in Henry County

How Far From Fay 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 Fay 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 community of Fay once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Fay and extending to:

  • McDonough, which is the Seat of Henry County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Fay to McDonough, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest (NW). The buggy would take nearly four hours and walking would take five to six hours.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 541 miles [870.7 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just over a day, a buggy would take 22 days and walking would take 31 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,438 miles [10,361 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,140 miles [11,490.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,019 miles [8,077.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>

The official website for Henry County: www.co.henry.ga.us/

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 Fay 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>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 Fay, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Fay) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Fay. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.6204, Longitude: -84.2358       In this case, the coordinates for Fay have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Fay 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 312.159 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.55 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.258 degrees.









 

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