Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Kent, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Kent and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Kent
- 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 Kent:
- 31.951592, -81.855949
- 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 Kent
- 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 Long County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Long County
- Since Kent is near Tattnall County and also Liberty County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Tattnall County
- eBird sighting report for Liberty 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 Kent ...
We found 47 communities that share the name Kent.
There is one other community in Georgia which is also named Kent.
Beyond Georgia, we know of another 46 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 46 communities, 44 are located in the United States and three are in Canada.
- Communities Located In Georgia ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Elmore County
- This Kent is located in Elmore County and lies 243 miles [391.1 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Kent that is located in Long County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Elmore County community of Kent.
- Pike County
- This Kent is located in Pike County and lies 253 miles [407.2 km] to the west of the Kent that is located in Long County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pike County community of Kent.
- Arkansas
- British Columbia
- We haven't found the location of this community yet.
- California
- Connecticut
- Florida
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Geary 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 Kansas community of Kent [Geary County].
- Reno 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 Kansas community of Kent [Reno County].
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Lyon 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 Minnesota community of Kent [Lyon County].
- Wilkin County
- This Kent is located in Wilkin County and lies 1,272 miles [2,047.1 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Kent that is located in Long County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wilkin County community of Kent.
- Missouri
- Crawford County
- Although located in Crawford County, we don't know the location within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Crawford County community of Kent.
- Franklin 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 Missouri community of Kent [Franklin County].
- Newton 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 Missouri community of Kent [Newton County].
- Nebraska
- Loup County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Kent [Loup County].
- Nance 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 Nebraska community of Kent [Nance County].
- Nevada
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- New York
- Orleans County
- This Kent is located in Orleans County and lies 811 miles [1,305.2 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Kent that is located in Long County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orleans County community of Kent.
- Saratoga 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 New York community of Kent [Saratoga County].
- Nova Scotia
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Ontario
- This Kent lies 875 miles [1,408.2 km]<2> to the north of the Kent that is located in Long County.
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Rhode Island
- South Carolina
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Bosque County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Bosque County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bosque County community of Kent.
- Culberson County
- This community is historic and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Kent [Culberson County].
- El Paso 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 Texas community of Kent [El Paso County].
- Virginia
- Pittsylvania 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 Virginia community of Kent [Pittsylvania County].
- Wythe County
- This Kent is located in Wythe County and lies 348 miles [560.1 km]<2> to the north of the Kent that is located in Long County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wythe County community of Kent.
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Alabama
Curious and Interesting Names Near Kent ...
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.
- Donald
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donald
- Donald is located in Long County
- Estimated population in 2019: 2,466 people
- Easterling ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Easterling have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easterling
- Easterling is located in Tattnall County
- Glennville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glennville
- Glennville is located in Tattnall County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,014 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Glennville <5>
- Jennie
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north) - Kicklighter ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kicklighter have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kicklighter
- Kicklighter is located in Tattnall County
- Lynn
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west) - Moodys Crossing ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Moodys Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moodys Crossing
- Moodys Crossing is located in Tattnall County
- Noble
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest) - Smiley ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast) - Smiley Crossroads
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Smiley Crossroads have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smiley Crossroads
- Smiley Crossroads is located in Long County
- Strain ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
How Far From Kent 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 Kent 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 Kent once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Kent and extending to:
- Ludowici, which is the Seat of Long County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Kent to Ludowici, with an average speed<6> 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 192 miles [309 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 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 550 miles [885.1 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 22 days and walking would take 32 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,411 miles [10,317.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,098 miles [11,423.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,984 miles [8,021 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> | 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 Kent 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Kent) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Kent. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.9516, Longitude: -81.8559 In this case, the coordinates for Kent have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Kent, 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 Kent 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 310.733 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.672 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.779 degrees. |