Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Fernwood, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fernwood and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Fernwood
- 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 Fernwood:
- 33.924559, -83.542664
- 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 Fernwood
- 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 Oconee County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Oconee County
- Since Fernwood is near Clarke County and also Walton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Clarke County
- eBird sighting report for Walton 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Fernwood ...
We found 31 communities that share the name Fernwood.
There are four communities within Georgia that are also named Fernwood.
Beyond Georgia, we know of another 27 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 27 communities, 28 are located in the United States and three are in Canada.
- Communities Located In Georgia ...
- Chatham County
- Clayton County
- Fayette County
- Troup County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- British Columbia
- This Fernwood lies 2,280 miles [3,669.3 km]<1> to the northwest of the Fernwood that is located in Oconee County.
- California
- Humboldt County
- This Fernwood is located in Humboldt County and lies 2,241 miles [3,606.5 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Fernwood that is located in Oconee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Humboldt County community of Fernwood.
- Los Angeles County
- This Fernwood is located in Los Angeles County and lies 1,996 miles [3,212.3 km] to the west of the Fernwood that is located in Oconee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Los Angeles County community of Fernwood.
- Connecticut
- Delaware
- Florida
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Maryland
- Mississippi
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New York
- Oswego County
- This Fernwood is located in Oswego County and lies 770 miles [1,239.2 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Fernwood that is located in Oconee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oswego County community of Fernwood.
- Saratoga County
- This Fernwood is located in Saratoga County and lies 836 miles [1,345.4 km] to the northeast of the Fernwood that is located in Oconee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saratoga County community of Fernwood.
- Sullivan County
- This Fernwood is located in Sullivan County and lies 716 miles [1,152.3 km] to the northeast of the Fernwood that is located in Oconee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sullivan County community of Fernwood.
- North Carolina
- Rutherford County
- This Fernwood is located in Rutherford County and lies 134 miles [215.7 km]<1> to the northeast of the Fernwood that is located in Oconee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rutherford County community of Fernwood.
- Transylvania County
- This Fernwood is located in Transylvania County and lies 101 miles [162.5 km] to the north northeast of the Fernwood that is located in Oconee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Transylvania County community of Fernwood.
- Ohio
- Ontario
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Clearfield County
- This Fernwood is located in Clearfield County and lies 550 miles [885.1 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Fernwood that is located in Oconee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clearfield County community of Fernwood.
- Delaware County
- This Fernwood is located in Delaware County and lies 617 miles [993 km] to the northeast of the Fernwood that is located in Oconee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Delaware County community of Fernwood.
- Prince Edward Island
- This Fernwood lies 1,342 miles [2,159.7 km]<1> to the northeast of the Fernwood that is located in Oconee County.
- South Carolina
- Tennessee
- Washington
Curious and Interesting Names Near Fernwood ...
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.
- Allen
(Less than 2 miles to the north) - Bogart
(Less than 2 miles to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogart
- Bogart is located in Oconee County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,203 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bogart <4>
- Deerbrook
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east) - Fieldstone
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fieldstone have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fieldstone
- Fieldstone is located in Oconee County
- Frogtown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest) - Greene
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north) - Jennings Mill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jennings Mill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jennings Mill
- Jennings Mill is located in Oconee County
- Oak Grove
(Less than 2 miles to the north) - Overlook Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Overlook Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overlook Village
- Overlook Village is located in Oconee County
- Pine Ridge
(Less than 2 miles to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pine Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Ridge
- Pine Ridge is located in Oconee County
- Pleasant Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hills
- Pleasant Hills is located in Oconee County
How Far From Fernwood to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Fernwood to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Fernwood and extending to:
- Watkinsville, which is the Seat of Oconee County, lies just to the East Southeast.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 49 miles [78.9 km]<1> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could walk a straight line from Fernwood to Atlanta, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 498 miles [801.5 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 29 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,395 miles [10,291.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,096 miles [11,419.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,974 miles [8,004.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Fernwood. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Oconee County: www.oconeecounty.com/
The official website for State of Georgia: https://georgia.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Fernwood) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Fernwood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.9246, Longitude: -83.5427 In this case, the coordinates for Fernwood have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Fernwood 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. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Fernwood to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.765 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.14 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.914 degrees. |