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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 Horns Cross Road, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Horns Cross Road 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 Horns Cross Road:
- 31.118516, -84.859646
- 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 Horns Cross Road
- 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 Miller County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Miller County
- Since Horns Cross Road is near Seminole County and also Early County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Seminole County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Early 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 Horns Cross Road
Curious and Interesting Names Near Horns Cross Road ...
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.
- Enterprise
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Enterprise is located in Miller County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Floydtown ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Floydtown is located in Miller County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floydtown
- Howards Mill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Howards Mill is located in Early County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howards Mill
- Iron City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Joe Shingler ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Joe Shingler is located in Miller County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joe Shingler
- Jones Crossroads
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Jones Crossroads is located in Early County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Crossroads
- Little Hope
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Little Hope is located in Seminole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Hope
- Spooner ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Spooner is located in Miller County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spooner
- Twilight ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Twilight is located in Miller County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twilight
How Far From Horns Cross Road 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 Horns Cross Road 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 Horns Cross Road once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Horns Cross Road and extending to:
- Colquitt, which is the Seat of Miller County, lies just to the East Northeast.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 184 miles [296.1 km]<3> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from Horns Cross Road to Atlanta, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 11 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 695 miles [1,118.5 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 28 days and walking would take 40 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,582 miles [10,592.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,274 miles [11,706.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,157 miles [8,299.4 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 Horns Cross Road, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Horns Cross Road) 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 Horns Cross Road 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 Horns Cross Road. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.1185, Longitude: -84.8596 In this case, the coordinates for Horns Cross Road have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.381 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.458 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.058 degrees. |
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