Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Fippin:
  • 33.095410, -83.696009
  • 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 Fippin

• 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 Jones County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Jones County
  • Since Fippin is near Monroe County and also Jasper County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Monroe County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Jasper 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 Fippin

Curious and Interesting Names Near Fippin ...

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.

• Bragg
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Bragg is located in Jones County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bragg
• Dames Ferry
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Dames Ferry is located in Monroe County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dames Ferry
• Five Points
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Five Points is located in Jones County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
• Glover Ferry
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Glover Ferry is located in Jones County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glover Ferry
• Plentitude ‑ Historic
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Plentitude is located in Jones County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plentitude
• Pope's Ferry
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Pope's Ferry is located in Jones County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pope's Ferry
• Round Oak
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Round Oak is located in Jones County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Oak
• Smalls Crossing ‑ Historic
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Smalls Crossing is located in Jones County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smalls Crossing
• Three Points
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Three Points is located in Jones County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Points
• Waits Ferry
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Waits Ferry is located in Butts County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waits Ferry
• Wayside
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Wayside is located in Jones County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayside

How Far From Fippin to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Fippin 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<1> community of Fippin once stood, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Fippin and extending to:

• Gray, which is the Seat of Jones County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Fippin to Gray, 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 60 miles [96.6 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 546 miles [878.7 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 22 days and walking would take 31 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,439 miles [10,362.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,137 miles [11,485.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,017 miles [8,074.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'