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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 Grubbs, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Grubbs 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 Grubbs:
- 32.010660, -81.181031
- 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 Grubbs
- 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 Chatham County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Chatham County
- Since Grubbs is near Bryan County and also Jasper County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bryan County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jasper 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 Grubbs
Communities Also Named Grubbs ...
We found three communities that are also named Grubbs.
Within Georgia, the name Grubbs is unique.
Beyond Georgia, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Barbour County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Grubbs [Barbour County].
- Arkansas
- Jackson County
- This Grubbs is located in Jackson County and lies 620 miles [997.8 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Grubbs that is located in Chatham County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Grubbs.
- Illinois
- Jackson County
- This Grubbs is located in Jackson County and lies 617 miles [993 km]<2> to the northwest of the Grubbs that is located in Chatham County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Grubbs.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Grubbs ...
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.
- Carver Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Carver Village is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carver Village
- Cedar Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Grove is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Central Junction
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Central Junction is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Junction
- Cloverdale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cloverdale is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- Coffee Bluff
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Cresthill
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Cresthill is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cresthill
- Florida Junction
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Florida Junction is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florida Junction
- Georgetown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Grove Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Grove Park is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Park
- Grove Point
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Grove Point is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Point
- Groveland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Groveland is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groveland
- Halcyon Bluff
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Halcyon Bluff is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halcyon Bluff
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Kings Wood
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Kings Wood is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Wood
- Liberty City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Liberty City is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty City
- Magnolia Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Magnolia Park is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia Park
- Mount Pleasant
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Rivers End
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rivers End is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rivers End
- Rose Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Rose Hill is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
- Sackville ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Sackville is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sackville
- Silk Hope
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Silk Hope is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silk Hope
- Union Junction
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Union Junction is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Junction
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,899 people
- Woodlawn Terrace
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Woodlawn Terrace is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn Terrace
How Far From Grubbs 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 Grubbs to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Grubbs and extending to:
- Savannah, which is the Seat of Chatham County, lies just to the Northeast.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 221 miles [355.7 km]<2> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Grubbs to Atlanta, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take nearly four hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 13 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 529 miles [851.3 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 21 days and walking would take 30 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,378 miles [10,264.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,063 miles [11,366.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,950 miles [7,966.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Grubbs 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. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Grubbs) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Grubbs 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 Grubbs. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.0107, Longitude: -81.1810 In this case, the coordinates for Grubbs have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.36 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.251 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.523 degrees. |
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