Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Fendig:
  • 31.340222, -81.840390
  • 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 Fendig

• 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 Brantley County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Brantley County
  • Since Fendig is near Wayne County and also Glynn County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Wayne County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Glynn 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 Fendig

Curious and Interesting Names Near Fendig ...

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.

• Blunt ‑ Historic
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Blunt is located in Glynn County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blunt
• Ford ‑ Historic
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Ford is located in Glynn County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ford
• Hortense
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Hortense is located in Brantley County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hortense
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hortense <1>
• Jenks ‑ Historic
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Jenks is located in Glynn County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenks
• Mount Pleasant
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Mount Pleasant is located in Wayne County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
• Needmore
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Needmore is located in Brantley County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needmore
• Popwellville
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Popwellville is located in Brantley County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Popwellville
  • Estimated population in 2019: 692 people
• Prosperity
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Prosperity is located in Brantley County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prosperity
• Sun Hill
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Sun Hill is located in Wayne County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Hill
• Trudie
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Trudie is located in Brantley County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trudie

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Fendig and extending to:

• Nahunta, which is the Seat of Brantley County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Fendig to Nahunta, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
• Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 223 miles [358.9 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 587 miles [944.7 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 23 days and walking would take 34 days.
• The shortest distance<4> 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).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,122 miles [11,461.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,010 miles [8,062.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'