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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 Kelvin Grove, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Kelvin Grove 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 Kelvin Grove:
- 31.159954, -81.379541
- 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 Kelvin Grove
- 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 Kelvin Grove 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 Kelvin Grove
Communities Also Named Kelvin Grove ...
We found two communities that are also named Kelvin Grove.
Within Georgia, the name Kelvin Grove is unique.
Beyond Georgia, we know of two communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these two communities, one is located in the United States and the other in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- North Carolina
- Wake 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 North Carolina community of Kelvin Grove [Wake County].
- Prince Edward Island
- This Kelvin Grove lies 1,414 miles [2,275.6 km]<2> to the northeast of the Kelvin Grove that is located in Glynn County.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Kelvin Grove ...
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 southwest)
- Golf Retreat is located in Glynn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golf Retreat
- Island Retreat
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Island Retreat is located in Glynn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island Retreat
- King City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- King City is located in Glynn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King City
- Kings Terrace
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- 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 southwest)
- Mallory Park is located in Glynn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mallory Park
- Riverview
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- 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 north)
- Silver Lake is located in Glynn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake
How Far From Kelvin Grove 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 Kelvin Grove to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Kelvin Grove 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 Kelvin Grove to Atlanta, with an average speed<4>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 587 miles [944.7 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 6,425 miles [10,340 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,107 miles [11,437.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,996 miles [8,040.3 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 Kelvin Grove 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' (or 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- Kelvin Grove) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Kelvin Grove 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 Kelvin Grove. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.1600, Longitude: -81.3795 In this case, the coordinates for Kelvin Grove have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.439 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.221 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.808 degrees. |
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