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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 Fife, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fife 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 Fife:
    • 33.534710, -84.545367
    • 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 Fife
  • 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 Fulton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Fulton County
    • Since Fife is near Fayette County and also Clayton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Fayette County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Clayton 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 Fife

Communities Also Named Fife ...

We found seven communities that are also named Fife.

Within Georgia, the name Fife is unique.

Beyond Georgia, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these seven communities, six are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • British Columbia
      • This Fife lies 2,024 miles [3,257.3 km]<1> to the northwest of the Fife that is located in Fulton County.
    • Montana
      • Cascade County
      • This Fife is located in Cascade County and lies 1,676 miles [2,697.3 km]<1> to the northwest of the Fife that is located in Fulton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cascade County community of Fife.
    • North Dakota
      • Cass County
      • This Fife is located in Cass County and lies 1,127 miles [1,813.7 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Fife that is located in Fulton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cass County community of Fife.
    • Oregon
      • Crook County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Fife [Crook County].
    • Texas
      • McCulloch County
      • This Fife is located in McCulloch County and lies 876 miles [1,409.8 km]<1> to the west of the Fife that is located in Fulton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the McCulloch County community of Fife.
    • Virginia
      • Goochland County
      • This Fife is located in Goochland County and lies 465 miles [748.3 km]<1> to the northeast of the Fife that is located in Fulton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Goochland County community of Fife.
    • Washington
      • Pierce County
      • This Fife is located in Pierce County and lies 2,174 miles [3,498.7 km]<1> to the northwest of the Fife that is located in Fulton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pierce County community of Fife.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Fife ...

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.

  • Beaver Creek
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Beaver Creek is located in Fulton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Creek
  • Bench Mark
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Bench Mark is located in Fulton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bench Mark
  • Bethany
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Bethany is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany
  • Christian Corners
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Christian Corners is located in Fulton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christian Corners
  • Dix - Leeson
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Dix - Leeson is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dix - Leeson
  • Fireside
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Fireside is located in Fulton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fireside
  • Ginger Hills
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Ginger Hills is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ginger Hills
  • Graceland
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Graceland is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graceland
  • Graves Way
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Graves Way is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graves Way
  • Hickory Acres
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Hickory Acres is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Acres
  • Hillandale
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Hillandale is located in Fulton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillandale
  • Hopeful
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Hopeful is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopeful
  • Continue List   (8 more) ...
    • Kingsridge
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Kingsridge is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsridge
    • Lees Mill
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Lees Mill is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lees Mill
    • Ponderosa
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Ponderosa is located in Fulton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponderosa
    • Sandy Creek
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Sandy Creek is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Creek
    • Smoke Ridge
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Smoke Ridge is located in Fulton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smoke Ridge
    • Stonewall
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Stonewall is located in Fulton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonewall
    • Stop
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Stop is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stop
    • Union City
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Fife and extending to:

  • Atlanta, which is the Seat of Fulton County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Fife to Atlanta, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
  • Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 17 miles [27.4 km] to the north northeast (NNE). The buggy would take five to six hours and walking would take most of a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 558 miles [898 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 32 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,456 miles [10,389.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,158 miles [11,519.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,036 miles [8,104.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Fife) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Fife 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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Fife 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 Fife. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.5347, Longitude: -84.5454    
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.337 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.743 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.40 degrees.