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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 Jenks, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Jenks 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 Jenks:
    • 31.326614, -81.687331
    • 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 Jenks
  • 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 Jenks is near Brantley County and also Wayne County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Brantley County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Wayne 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 Jenks

Communities Also Named Jenks ...

We found six communities that are also named Jenks.

Within Georgia, the name Jenks is unique.

Beyond Georgia, we know of six communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Michigan
      • Alger County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Jenks [Alger County].
      • Oakland County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Jenks [Oakland County].
    • Oklahoma
      • Tulsa County
      • This Jenks is located in Tulsa County and lies 881 miles [1,417.8 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Jenks that is located in Glynn County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tulsa County community of Jenks.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Wyoming County
      • This Jenks is located in Wyoming County and lies 768 miles [1,236 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Jenks that is located in Glynn County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wyoming County community of Jenks.
    • West Virginia
      • Lincoln County
      • This Jenks is located in Lincoln County and lies 475 miles [764.4 km]<2> to the north of the Jenks that is located in Glynn County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lincoln County community of Jenks.
    • Wyoming
      • Laramie County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Wyoming community of Jenks [Laramie County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Jenks ...

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.

  • Blunt ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Blunt is located in Glynn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blunt
  • Clover Heights
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Clover Heights is located in Glynn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Heights
  • Everett
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Everett is located in Glynn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everett
  • Ford ‑ Historic
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Ford is located in Glynn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ford
  • Georgetown
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Georgetown is located in Glynn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
  • Groveside Park
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Groveside Park is located in Glynn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groveside Park
    • Estimated population in 2019: 15,152 people
  • High Hill Lake
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • High Hill Lake is located in Glynn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Hill Lake
  • Mount Pleasant
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Mount Pleasant is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
  • Oak Bluff
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Oak Bluff is located in Glynn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Bluff
  • Popwellville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Popwellville is located in Brantley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Popwellville
    • Estimated population in 2019: 692 people
  • Pyles Marsh
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Pyles Marsh is located in Glynn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pyles Marsh
  • Union ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Union is located in Glynn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union

How Far From Jenks to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Jenks 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<3> community of Jenks once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Jenks and extending to:

  • Brunswick, which is the Seat of Glynn County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<2> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Jenks to Brunswick, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
  • Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 229 miles [368.5 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 584 miles [939.9 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,432 miles [10,351.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,115 miles [11,450.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,003 miles [8,051.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Jenks 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.
<2>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- Jenks) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Jenks, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Jenks 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 Jenks. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.3266, Longitude: -81.6873       In this case, the coordinates for Jenks have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.614 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.447 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.874 degrees.