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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 Fincherville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fincherville 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 Fincherville:
- 33.409230, -83.953328
- 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 Fincherville
- 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 Butts County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Butts County
- Since Fincherville is near Henry County and also Newton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Henry County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Newton 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 Fincherville
Curious and Interesting Names Near Fincherville ...
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.
- Hollow Oaks
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Hollow Oaks is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollow Oaks
- Island Shoals ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Island Shoals is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island Shoals
- Leadmore
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Leadmore is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leadmore
- Peeksville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Peeksville is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peeksville
- Riverside Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Riverside Park is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Park
- Riverwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Riverwood is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverwood
- Rocky Plains
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Rocky Plains is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Plains
- Stark
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Stark is located in Butts County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stark
- Union
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Union is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
How Far From Fincherville 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 Fincherville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Fincherville and extending to:
- Jackson, which is the Seat of Butts County, lies just to the South.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 34 miles [54.7 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could walk a straight line from Fincherville to Atlanta, 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 about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 540 miles [869 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 21 days and walking would take 31 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,436 miles [10,357.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,136 miles [11,484.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,015 miles [8,070.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Fincherville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Fincherville 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 Fincherville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.4092, Longitude: -83.9533 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.985 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.32 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.20 degrees. |
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