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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 Iniss, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Iniss 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 Iniss:
- 31.378241, -83.543499
- 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 Iniss
- 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 Tift County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Tift County
- Since Iniss is near Colquitt County and also Cook County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Colquitt County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cook 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 Iniss
Curious and Interesting Names Near Iniss ...
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.
- Cool Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Cool Springs is located in Colquitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cool Springs
- Eldorado
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Eldorado is located in Tift County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- Ferry Lake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ferry Lake is located in Tift County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferry Lake
- Flat Ford
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Flat Ford is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Ford
- Kelltown
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Kelltown is located in Tift County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelltown
- Norman Park
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pebblebrook
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Pebblebrook is located in Tift County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pebblebrook
- Scooterville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Scooterville is located in Worth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scooterville
- Ty Ty
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Unionville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Unionville is located in Tift County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
- Wagon Wheel
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Wagon Wheel is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wagon Wheel
How Far From Iniss to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Iniss 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 Iniss once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Iniss and extending to:
- Tifton, which is the Seat of Tift County, lies just to the North Northeast.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 171 miles [275.2 km]<3> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from Iniss to Atlanta, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 635 miles [1,021.9 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,512 miles [10,480 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,201 miles [11,588.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,086 miles [8,185.1 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 Iniss, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Iniss) 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 Iniss 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 Iniss. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.3782, Longitude: -83.5435 In this case, the coordinates for Iniss have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.651 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.65 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.523 degrees. |
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