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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 Hedwig, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hedwig 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 Hedwig:
- 34.505094, -84.049912
- 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 Hedwig
- 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 Lumpkin County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lumpkin County
- Since Hedwig is near Dawson County and also Hall County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dawson County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hall 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 Hedwig
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hedwig ...
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.
- Buckhorn Tavern
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Buckhorn Tavern is located in Lumpkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckhorn Tavern
- Dawsonville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Emma
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Emma is located in Dawson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emma
- Halfway ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Halfway is located in Lumpkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway
- Jay ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Jay is located in Lumpkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jay
- Juno
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Juno is located in Dawson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juno
- Lake Shore
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Shore is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Shore
- Leisure Lake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Leisure Lake is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisure Lake
- Lumpkin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Lumpkin is located in Dawson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lumpkin
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,266 people
- Nimblewill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Nimblewill is located in Lumpkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nimblewill
- Stay ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Stay is located in Lumpkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stay
- Tube ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Tube is located in Lumpkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tube
- Wild ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Wild is located in Lumpkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wild
How Far From Hedwig 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 Hedwig 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 Hedwig once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Hedwig and extending to:
- Dahlonega, which is the Seat of Lumpkin County, lies just to the East Northeast.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 55 miles [88.5 km]<3> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could walk a straight line from Hedwig to Atlanta, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 492 miles [791.8 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 28 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,390 miles [10,283.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,094 miles [11,416.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,972 miles [8,001.7 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 Hedwig, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- Hedwig) 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 Hedwig 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 Hedwig. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.5051, Longitude: -84.0499 In this case, the coordinates for Hedwig have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.083 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.587 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.967 degrees. |
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