Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Igo, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Igo and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Igo
- 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 Igo:
- 34.482867, -84.706602
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Igo
- 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 Gordon County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Gordon County
- Since Igo is near Pickens County and also Bartow County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Pickens County
- eBird sighting report for Bartow 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Igo ...
We found four communities that share the name Igo.
Within Georgia, the name Igo is unique.
Beyond Georgia, we know of another four communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Kansas
- Oregon
- Virginia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Igo ...
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.
- Audubon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest) - Big Spring ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Big Spring have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Spring
- Big Spring is located in Gordon County
- Blaine
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east) - Bobo
(Less than 2 miles to the east) - Bowls ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest) - Buff ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest) - Cash
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west) - Clipper
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast) - Farmville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west) - Funkhouser
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Funkhouser have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Funkhouser
- Funkhouser is located in Bartow County
- Estimated population in 2019: 450 people
- Hunts Corner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hunts Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunts Corner
- Hunts Corner is located in Gordon County
- Jerusalem
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerusalem
- Jerusalem is located in Pickens County
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Lewis Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lewis Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis Corner
- Lewis Corner is located in Gordon County
- Ranger
(Less than 2 miles to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ranger have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ranger
- Ranger is located in Gordon County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 137 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ranger <5>
- Redbud
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest) - Scarecorn
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east) - Sweden
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Lewis Corner
How Far From Igo 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 Igo 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 community of Igo once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Igo and extending to:
- Calhoun, which is the Seat of Gordon County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Igo to Calhoun, with an average speed<6> 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 53 miles [85.3 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 522 miles [840.1 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 21 days and walking would take 30 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,418 miles [10,328.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,125 miles [11,466.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,002 miles [8,049.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Gordon County: www.gordoncounty.org/
The official website for State of Georgia: https://georgia.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Igo) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Igo. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.4829, Longitude: -84.7066 In this case, the coordinates for Igo have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | 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 Igo 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. |
| <3> | 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 Igo, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Igo to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.471 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.032 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.235 degrees. |