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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 Kibbee, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Kibbee 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 Kibbee:
- 32.287680, -82.525132
- 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 Kibbee
- 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 Montgomery County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Montgomery County
- Since Kibbee is near Treutlen County and also Toombs County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Treutlen County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Toombs 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 Kibbee
Curious and Interesting Names Near Kibbee ...
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.
- Center
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Center is located in Toombs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center
- Charles
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Charles is located in Toombs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charles
- Five Points
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Five Points is located in Treutlen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Long Pond
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Long Pond is located in Wheeler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Pond
- Lyons
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Normantown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Normantown is located in Toombs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Normantown
- Oak Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Oak Grove is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Rockledge
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Santa Claus
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Santa Claus is located in Toombs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Claus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 160 people
- Tarrytown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
How Far From Kibbee 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 Kibbee to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Kibbee and extending to:
- Mount Vernon, which is the Seat of Montgomery County, lies just to the South Southwest.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 148 miles [238.2 km]<2> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Kibbee to Atlanta, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 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<4> 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).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,116 miles [11,452.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,000 miles [8,046.7 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 '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- Kibbee) 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 Kibbee 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 Kibbee. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.2877, Longitude: -82.5251 In this case, the coordinates for Kibbee have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.121 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.166 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.937 degrees. |
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