Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Jay, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Jay and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Jay
- 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 Jay:
- 34.560370, -84.072968
- 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 Jay
- 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 Lumpkin County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Lumpkin County
- Since Jay is near Dawson County and also Union County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Dawson County
- eBird sighting report for Union 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 Jay ...
We found fourteen communities that share the name Jay.
Within Georgia, the name Jay is unique.
Beyond Georgia, we know of another fourteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Greene County
- This Jay is located in Greene County and lies 371 miles [597.1 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Jay that is located in Lumpkin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greene County community of Jay.
- Logan County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Jay [Logan County].
- Florida
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Maine
- New York
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- South Carolina
- Vermont
- Arkansas
Curious and Interesting Names Near Jay ...
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.
- Buckhorn Tavern
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Buckhorn Tavern have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckhorn Tavern
- Buckhorn Tavern is located in Lumpkin County
- Dawsonville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawsonville
- Dawsonville is located in Dawson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,465 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dawsonville <5>
- Emma
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest) - Halfway ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast) - Johntown ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west) - Juno
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest) - Nimblewill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nimblewill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nimblewill
- Nimblewill is located in Lumpkin County
- Porter Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Porter Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porter Springs
- Porter Springs is located in Lumpkin County
- Sarah
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north) - Stay ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east) - Three Forks
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Three Forks have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Forks
- Three Forks is located in Fannin County
- Tube ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the east) - Wild ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east) - Willow ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
How Far From Jay 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 Jay 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 Jay once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Jay and extending to:
- Dahlonega, which is the Seat of Lumpkin County, lies just to the East Southeast.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 58 miles [93.3 km]<1> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could walk a straight line from Jay to Atlanta, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 490 miles [788.6 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 28 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,388 miles [10,280.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,093 miles [11,415.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,970 miles [7,998.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Jay) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Jay. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.5604, Longitude: -84.0730 In this case, the coordinates for Jay 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 Jay 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 Jay, 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 Jay 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 312.098 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.613 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.962 degrees. |