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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 Homeland, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Homeland and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Homeland:
    • 30.857999, -82.021063
    • 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 Homeland
  • 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 Charlton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Charlton County
    • Since Homeland is near Nassau County and also Camden County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Nassau County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Camden 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 Homeland

Communities Also Named Homeland ...

We found nine communities that are also named Homeland.

There is one other community in Georgia that is also named Homeland.

Beyond Georgia, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Georgia ...
    • Brooks 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 Georgia community of Homeland [Brooks County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Riverside County
      • This Homeland is located in Riverside County and lies 2,047 miles [3,294.3 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Homeland that is located in Charlton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Riverside County community of Homeland.
    • Florida
      • Polk County
      • This Homeland is located in Polk County and lies 210 miles [338 km]<2> to the south of the Homeland that is located in Charlton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Polk County community of Homeland.
    • Hawaii
      • We haven't found the location of this community yet.
    • Maryland
      • Baltimore City
      • This Homeland is located in Baltimore City and lies 661 miles [1,063.8 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Homeland that is located in Charlton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baltimore City community of Homeland.
    • Missouri
      • Howell County
      • This Homeland is located in Howell County and lies 694 miles [1,116.9 km]<2> to the northwest of the Homeland that is located in Charlton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Howell County community of Homeland.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Lancaster County
      • This Homeland is located in Lancaster County and lies 712 miles [1,145.9 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Homeland that is located in Charlton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lancaster County community of Homeland.
    • Virginia
      • Culpeper County
      • This Homeland is located in Culpeper County and lies 580 miles [933.4 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Homeland that is located in Charlton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Culpeper County community of Homeland.
    • West Virginia
      • Lewis County
      • This Homeland is located in Lewis County and lies 578 miles [930.2 km]<2> to the north of the Homeland that is located in Charlton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lewis County community of Homeland.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Homeland ...

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.

  • Bullhead Bluff
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Bullhead Bluff is located in Camden County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullhead Bluff
  • Burnt Fort
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Burnt Fort is located in Camden County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Fort
  • Burnt Fort Ferry
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Burnt Fort Ferry is located in Camden County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Fort Ferry
  • Centerville ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Centerville is located in Charlton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
  • Cypress Siding
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Cypress Siding is located in Charlton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Siding
  • Ferry Landing
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Ferry Landing is located in Charlton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferry Landing
  • Highway Park Ferry
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Highway Park Ferry is located in Charlton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highway Park Ferry
  • Mays Bluff
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Mays Bluff is located in Camden County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mays Bluff
  • Silver Hill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Silver Hill is located in Charlton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Hill
  • Stanley Landing
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Stanley Landing is located in Charlton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanley Landing
  • Traders Hill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Homeland and extending to:

  • Folkston, which is the Seat of Charlton County, lies just to the South Southeast.
  • Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 243 miles [391.1 km]<2> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Homeland to Atlanta, with an average speed<3>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 14 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 10 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 622 miles [1,001 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 25 days and walking would take 36 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,468 miles [10,409.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,150 miles [11,506.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,039 miles [8,109.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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 Homeland 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 from Point A (ie- Homeland) 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 Homeland 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 Homeland. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.8580, Longitude: -82.0211    
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.777 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.569 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.104 degrees.