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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 Grovania, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Grovania 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 Grovania:
- 32.365989, -83.663235
- 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 Grovania
- 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 Houston County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Houston County
- Since Grovania is near Dooly County and also Pulaski County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dooly County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pulaski 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 Grovania
Communities Also Named Grovania ...
We found two communities that are also named Grovania.
Within Georgia, the name Grovania is unique.
Beyond Georgia, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Pennsylvania
- Columbia County
- This Grovania is located in Columbia County and lies 713 miles [1,147.5 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Grovania that is located in Houston County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Columbia County community of Grovania.
- Montour County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Grovania [Montour County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Grovania ...
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.
- Beaver Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Beaver Creek is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Creek
- Grove Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Grove Park is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Park
- Houston Lake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Houston Lake is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston Lake
- Houston Lake Woods
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Houston Lake Woods is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston Lake Woods
- Kathleen
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Meadowdale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Meadowdale is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowdale
- Neal
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Neal is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neal
- Sand Bed
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Sand Bed is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Bed
- Shady Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Shady Grove is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Snow Spring
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Snow Spring is located in Dooly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Spring
- Sugar Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Sugar Hill is located in Dooly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Hill
- Willow Run
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Willow Run is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Run
How Far From Grovania 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 Grovania to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Grovania and extending to:
- Perry, which is the Seat of Houston County, lies just to the North Northwest.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 104 miles [167.4 km]<1> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from Grovania to Atlanta, with an average speed<4>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 4 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 584 miles [939.9 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 23 days and walking would take 34 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,472 miles [10,415.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,166 miles [11,532.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,048 miles [8,124 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Grovania) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Grovania 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. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Grovania 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 Grovania. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.3660, Longitude: -83.6632 In this case, the coordinates for Grovania have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.771 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.927 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.339 degrees. |
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