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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 Fowlstown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fowlstown 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 Fowlstown:
- 30.802908, -84.548954
- 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 Fowlstown
- 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 Decatur County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Decatur County
- Since Fowlstown is near Gadsden County and also Grady County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Gadsden County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Grady 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 Fowlstown
Curious and Interesting Names Near Fowlstown ...
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.
- Amsterdam
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Amsterdam is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amsterdam
- Bethany
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Bethany is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany
- Branchville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Branchville is located in Gadsden County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branchville
- Climax
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Dogtown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Dogtown is located in Gadsden County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogtown
- Faceville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lynn
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Lynn is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn
- Magnolia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Magnolia is located in Grady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
- Mount Pleasant
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Recovery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Recovery is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Recovery
- Population from the 2010 Census: 33,015 people
How Far From Fowlstown 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 Fowlstown to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Fowlstown and extending to:
- Bainbridge, which is the Seat of Decatur County, lies just to the North Northwest.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 204 miles [328.3 km]<2> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from Fowlstown to Atlanta, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 12 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 702 miles [1,129.8 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 28 days and walking would take 40 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,583 miles [10,594.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,273 miles [11,704.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,157 miles [8,299.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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- Fowlstown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Fowlstown 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 Fowlstown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.8029, Longitude: -84.5490 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.182 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.185 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.011 degrees. |
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