Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Garden Valley, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Garden Valley and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Garden Valley
- 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 Garden Valley:
- 32.439873, -84.118244
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Garden Valley
- 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:
- eBird sighting report for Macon County
- Since Garden Valley is near Taylor County and also Crawford County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Taylor County
- eBird sighting report for Crawford 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Garden Valley ...
We found six communities that share the name Garden Valley.
Within Georgia, the name Garden Valley is unique.
Beyond Georgia, we know of another six communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- El Dorado County
- This Garden Valley is located in El Dorado County and lies 2,093 miles [3,368.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Garden Valley that is located in Macon County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the El Dorado County community of Garden Valley.
- Yuba County
- This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Garden Valley [Yuba County].
- Idaho
- Boise County
- This Garden Valley is located in Boise County and lies 1,888 miles [3,038.4 km]<1> to the northwest of the Garden Valley that is located in Macon County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Boise County community of Garden Valley.
- Ohio
- Cuyahoga County
- This Garden Valley is located in Cuyahoga County and lies 638 miles [1,026.8 km]<1> to the north of the Garden Valley that is located in Macon County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cuyahoga County community of Garden Valley.
- Texas
- Childress County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Garden Valley [Childress County].
- Smith County
- This Garden Valley is located in Smith County and lies 665 miles [1,070.2 km]<1> to the west of the Garden Valley that is located in Macon County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Smith County community of Garden Valley.
- California
Curious and Interesting Names Near Garden Valley ...
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.
- Butler
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butler
- Butler is located in Taylor County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,816 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Butler <4>
- Cutoff
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south) - Fountainville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fountainville have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountainville
- Fountainville is located in Macon County
- Four Points
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Four Points have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Points
- Four Points is located in Macon County
- Hicks
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast) - Ideal
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ideal have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ideal
- Ideal is located in Macon County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 430 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ideal <4>
- Marshallville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marshallville have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshallville
- Marshallville is located in Macon County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,196 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marshallville <4>
- Montezuma
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montezuma
- Montezuma is located in Macon County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,920 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Montezuma <4>
- Panhandle
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest) - Potterville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Potterville have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potterville
- Potterville is located in Taylor County
- Travelers Rest
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Travelers Rest have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Travelers Rest
- Travelers Rest is located in Macon County
How Far From Garden Valley 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 Garden Valley to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Garden Valley and extending to:
- Oglethorpe, which is the Seat of Macon County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Garden Valley to Oglethorpe, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 92 miles [148.1 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 596 miles [959.2 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 24 days and walking would take 34 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,488 miles [10,441.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,184 miles [11,561.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,065 miles [8,151.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Garden Valley. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Georgia: https://georgia.gov/
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Garden Valley) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Garden Valley. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.4399, Longitude: -84.1182 In this case, the coordinates for Garden Valley have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Garden Valley, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek 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 Garden Valley 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. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Garden Valley to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.035 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.242 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.492 degrees. |