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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 Keith Ferry, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Keith Ferry 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 Keith Ferry:
- 34.286211, -83.925737
- 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 Keith Ferry
- 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 Hall County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hall County
- Since Keith Ferry is near Forsyth County and also Dawson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Forsyth County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dawson 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 Keith Ferry
Curious and Interesting Names Near Keith Ferry ...
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.
- Cherokee Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Cherokee Hills is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Hills
- Cherokee Trail
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Cherokee Trail is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Trail
- Cherrywood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Cherrywood is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherrywood
- Crown Point
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Crown Point is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown Point
- Flat Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Flat Creek is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Creek
- Fox Trace
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Fox Trace is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Trace
- Green Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Green Hills is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hills
- Hidden Harbor
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Hidden Harbor is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Harbor
- Holiday Heights
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Holiday Heights is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Heights
- Holiday Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Holiday Hills is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Hills
- Holland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Holland is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland
- Lake Ranch
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Lake Ranch is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Ranch
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Maple Forge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Maple Forge is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Forge
- Oscarville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Oscarville is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oscarville
- Pleasant View
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Pleasant View is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
- Serene Shores
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Serene Shores is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Serene Shores
- Summer Point
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Summer Point is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer Point
- Estimated population in 2019: 158 people
- Tanner
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Tanner is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanner
- Trudy
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Trudy is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trudy
- Twin Rivers
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Twin Rivers is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Rivers
- Wolfs Head
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Wolfs Head is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolfs Head
How Far From Keith Ferry 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 Keith Ferry to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Keith Ferry and extending to:
- Gainesville, which is the Seat of Hall County, lies just to the East.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 45 miles [72.4 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could walk a straight line from Keith Ferry to Atlanta, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 496 miles [798.2 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 29 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,394 miles [10,290.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,098 miles [11,423.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,976 miles [8,008.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Keith Ferry) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Keith Ferry 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 Keith Ferry. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.2862, Longitude: -83.9257 In this case, the coordinates for Keith Ferry have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.002 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.464 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.973 degrees. |
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