Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Hayner, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hayner and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Hayner

• 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 Hayner:
  • 31.162173, -81.723164
  • 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 Hayner

• 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 Glynn County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Glynn County
  • Since Hayner is near Camden County and also Brantley County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Camden County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Brantley 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 Hayner

Curious and Interesting Names Near Hayner ...

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.

• Blunt ‑ Historic
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Blunt is located in Glynn County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blunt
• Deerwood
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Deerwood is located in Glynn County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerwood
• Fancy Bluff
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Fancy Bluff is located in Glynn County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fancy Bluff
• Georgetown
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Georgetown is located in Glynn County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
• Happy Landing
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Happy Landing is located in Brantley County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Landing
• Hogan
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Hogan is located in Camden County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hogan
• Red Bluff
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Red Bluff is located in Camden County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bluff
• Salter
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Salter is located in Brantley County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salter
• Spring Bluff
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Spring Bluff is located in Camden County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Bluff
• Union ‑ Historic
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Union is located in Glynn County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union

How Far From Hayner 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 Hayner to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Hayner and extending to:

• Brunswick, which is the Seat of Glynn County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Hayner to Brunswick, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
• Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 236 miles [379.8 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 596 miles [959.2 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 24 days and walking would take 34 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,441 miles [10,365.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,123 miles [11,463.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,012 miles [8,066 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'