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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 Kings Cove, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Kings Cove and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Kings Cove:
    • 32.854583, -83.782961
    • 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 Kings Cove
  • 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 Bibb County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Bibb County
    • Since Kings Cove is near Monroe County and also Jones County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Monroe County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Jones 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 Kings Cove

Communities Also Named Kings Cove ...

We found two communities that are also named Kings Cove.

Within Georgia, the name Kings Cove 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 four communities are located in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Illinois
      • Lake 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 Illinois community of Kings Cove [Lake County].
    • Newfoundland and Labrador
      • This Kings Cove lies 1,907 miles [3,069 km]<2> to the northeast of the Kings Cove that is located in Bibb County.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Kings Cove ...

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.

  • Camelot
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Camelot is located in Bibb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot
  • Castlegate
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Castlegate is located in Bibb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castlegate
  • Cherokee
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Cherokee is located in Bibb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee
  • Christophers Cove
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Christophers Cove is located in Bibb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christophers Cove
  • Dixie
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Dixie is located in Bibb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie
  • Forest Lake
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Forest Lake is located in Bibb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Lake
  • Green Meadows
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Green Meadows is located in Bibb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Meadows
  • Lakeview
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Lakeview is located in Bibb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
  • Lumberhill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Lumberhill is located in Bibb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lumberhill
  • Meadowbrook
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Meadowbrook is located in Bibb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowbrook
  • Rockmill ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Rockmill is located in Bibb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockmill
  • Trails End
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Trails End is located in Bibb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trails End

How Far From Kings Cove 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 Kings Cove to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Kings Cove and extending to:

  • Macon, which is the Seat of Bibb County, lies just to the East.
  • Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 71 miles [114.3 km]<2> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from Kings Cove to Atlanta, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 4 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 562 miles [904.5 km] to the northeast (NE). 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 6,454 miles [10,386.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,151 miles [11,508.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,032 miles [8,098.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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 Kings Cove 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 '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- Kings Cove) 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 Kings Cove 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 Kings Cove. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.8546, Longitude: -83.7830       In this case, the coordinates for Kings Cove have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.862 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.101 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.268 degrees.