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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 Island Retreat, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Island Retreat 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 Island Retreat:
- 31.159398, -81.390930
- 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 Island Retreat
- 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 Glynn County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Glynn County
- Since Island Retreat is near Camden County and also McIntosh County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Camden County
- Open the eBird sighting report for McIntosh 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 Island Retreat
Curious and Interesting Names Near Island Retreat ...
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.
- El Dorado
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- El Dorado is located in Glynn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Dorado
- Golf Retreat
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Golf Retreat is located in Glynn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golf Retreat
- Kelvin Grove
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Kelvin Grove is located in Glynn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelvin Grove
- King City
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- King City is located in Glynn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King City
- Kings Terrace
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Kings Terrace is located in Glynn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Terrace
- Estimated population in 2019: 679 people
- Mallory Park
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Mallory Park is located in Glynn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mallory Park
- Riverview
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Riverview is located in Glynn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
- Sea Island
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Silver Lake
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Silver Lake is located in Glynn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake
How Far From Island Retreat 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 Island Retreat to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Island Retreat and extending to:
- Brunswick, which is the Seat of Glynn County, lies just to the West.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 250 miles [402.3 km]<2> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Island Retreat 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 15 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 588 miles [946.3 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 23 days and walking would take 34 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,426 miles [10,341.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,107 miles [11,437.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,997 miles [8,041.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Island Retreat) 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 Island Retreat 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 Island Retreat. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.1594, Longitude: -81.3909 In this case, the coordinates for Island Retreat have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.445 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.228 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.812 degrees. |
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