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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 Gracys Station, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Gracys Station 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 Gracys Station:
- 31.332423, -83.019037
- 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 Gracys Station
- 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 Atkinson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Atkinson County
- Since Gracys Station is near Berrien County and also Coffee County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Berrien County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Coffee 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 Gracys Station
Curious and Interesting Names Near Gracys Station ...
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.
- Bridgetown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Bridgetown is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgetown
- Cherokee Hills
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Cherokee Hills is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Hills
- Eightmile Still
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Eightmile Still is located in Clinch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eightmile Still
- Enigma
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Glory
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Glory is located in Berrien County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glory
- Huffer
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Huffer is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huffer
- Lax
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lax is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lax
- Mexico Crossing
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Mexico Crossing is located in Clinch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mexico Crossing
- Riverbend
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Riverbend is located in Irwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverbend
- Sandy Bottom
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Sandy Bottom is located in Atkinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Bottom
- Stokesville
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Stokesville is located in Atkinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stokesville
- Teeterville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Teeterville is located in Lanier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teeterville
How Far From Gracys Station 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 Gracys Station 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<2> community of Gracys Station once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Gracys Station and extending to:
- Pearson, which is the Seat of Atkinson County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Gracys Station to Pearson, with an average speed<4> 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 185 miles [297.7 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 621 miles [999.4 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 25 days and walking would take 36 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,491 miles [10,446.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,178 miles [11,551.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,064 miles [8,149.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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> | 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 Gracys Station, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Gracys Station) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Gracys Station 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 Gracys Station. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.3324, Longitude: -83.0190 In this case, the coordinates for Gracys Station have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.354 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.301 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.344 degrees. |
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