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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 Fountainville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fountainville 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 Fountainville:
- 32.283491, -84.157132
- 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 Fountainville
- 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 Macon County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Macon County
- Since Fountainville is near Sumter County and also Schley County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sumter County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Schley 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 Fountainville
Communities Also Named Fountainville ...
We found one communities that are also named Fountainville.
Within Georgia, the name Fountainville is unique.
Beyond Georgia, there is another community also named Fountainville in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Pennsylvania
- Bucks County
- This Fountainville is located in Bucks County and lies 747 miles [1,202.2 km]<1> to the northeast of the Fountainville that is located in Macon County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bucks County community of Fountainville.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Fountainville ...
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.
- Bumphead
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Bumphead is located in Schley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bumphead
- Clearview
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Clearview is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearview
- Cutoff
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Cutoff is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutoff
- Fields
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Fields is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fields
- Four Points
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Four Points is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Points
- Ideal
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- La Crosse
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- La Crosse is located in Schley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Crosse
- Montezuma
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Travelers Rest
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Travelers Rest is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Travelers Rest
How Far From Fountainville 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 Fountainville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Fountainville and extending to:
- Oglethorpe, which is the Seat of Macon County, lies just to the East.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 102 miles [164.2 km]<1> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from Fountainville to Atlanta, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 606 miles [975.3 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 24 days and walking would take 35 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,497 miles [10,455.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,193 miles [11,576 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,074 miles [8,165.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Fountainville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Fountainville 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 Fountainville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.2835, Longitude: -84.1571 In this case, the coordinates for Fountainville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.05 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.237 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.543 degrees. |
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