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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 K'Ville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to K'Ville 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 K'Ville:
- 31.556600, -82.125675
- 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 K'Ville
- 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 Wayne County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wayne County
- Since K'Ville is near Pierce County and also Bacon County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pierce County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bacon 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 K'Ville
Curious and Interesting Names Near K'Ville ...
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.
- Coffee
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Coffee is located in Bacon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffee
- Doctortown
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Doctortown is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doctortown
- Hortense
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Leake
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Leake is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leake
- Offerman
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Otter Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Otter Creek is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otter Creek
- Piney Grove
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Piney Grove is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Grove
- Sun Hill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Sun Hill is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Hill
- Walkersville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Walkersville is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walkersville
How Far From K'Ville 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 K'Ville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in K'Ville and extending to:
- Jesup, which is the Seat of Wayne County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from K'Ville to Jesup, with an average speed<3> 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 four to five hours.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 200 miles [321.9 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 582 miles [936.6 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 23 days and walking would take 33 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,441 miles [10,365.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,127 miles [11,469.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,013 miles [8,067.6 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 '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- K'Ville) 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 K'Ville 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 K'Ville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.5566, Longitude: -82.1257 In this case, the coordinates for K'Ville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.867 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.77 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.973 degrees. |
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