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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 Grooverville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Grooverville 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 Grooverville:
- 30.721031, -83.726828
- 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 Grooverville
- 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 Brooks County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Brooks County
- Since Grooverville is near Thomas County and also Jefferson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Thomas County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson 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 Grooverville
Curious and Interesting Names Near Grooverville ...
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.
- Boston
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Dills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Dills is located in Jefferson County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dills
- Dixie
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Empress
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Empress is located in Brooks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empress
- Everett
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Everett is located in Thomas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everett
- Five Forks
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Five Forks is located in Thomas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Forks
- Glasgow
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Glasgow is located in Thomas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glasgow
- Lambville ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lambville is located in Thomas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambville
- Maysland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Maysland is located in Madison County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maysland
- Quitman
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Roddenberry ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Roddenberry is located in Thomas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roddenberry
How Far From Grooverville to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Grooverville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Grooverville and extending to:
- Quitman, which is the Seat of Brooks County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Grooverville to Quitman, with an average speed<3> 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 212 miles [341.2 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 12 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 679 miles [1,092.7 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 27 days and walking would take 39 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,550 miles [10,541.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,237 miles [11,646.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,123 miles [8,244.7 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- Grooverville) 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 Grooverville 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 Grooverville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.7210, Longitude: -83.7268 In this case, the coordinates for Grooverville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.714 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.632 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.734 degrees. |
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