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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 Kunsford, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Kunsford 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 Kunsford:
    • 33.182350, -83.737676
    • 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 Kunsford
  • 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 Jasper County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Jasper County
    • Since Kunsford is near Butts County and also Monroe County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Butts County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Monroe 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 Kunsford

Curious and Interesting Names Near Kunsford ...

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.

  • Cork
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Cork is located in Butts County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cork
  • Dames Ferry
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Dames Ferry is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dames Ferry
  • Five Points
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Five Points is located in Jones County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
  • Glover Ferry
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Glover Ferry is located in Jones County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glover Ferry
  • Indian Springs
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Indian Springs is located in Butts County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Springs
  • Iron Springs Crossroads
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Logwall
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Logwall is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logwall
  • Round Oak
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Round Oak is located in Jones County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Oak
  • Sandy
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Sandy is located in Butts County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy
  • Smalls Crossing ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Smalls Crossing is located in Jones County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smalls Crossing
  • Union Hill
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Union Hill is located in Putnam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Hill
  • Waits Ferry
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Waits Ferry is located in Butts County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waits Ferry
  • Wayside
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Wayside is located in Jones County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayside

How Far From Kunsford 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 Kunsford 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<1> community of Kunsford once stood, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Kunsford and extending to:

  • Monticello, which is the Seat of Jasper County, lies just to the North Northeast.
  • Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 54 miles [86.9 km]<2> to the northwest (NW). If you could walk a straight line from Kunsford to Atlanta, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 543 miles [873.9 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just over a day, a buggy would take 22 days and walking would take 31 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,437 miles [10,359.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,136 miles [11,484.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,015 miles [8,070.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Kunsford, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Kunsford) 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 Kunsford 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 Kunsford. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.1823, Longitude: -83.7377       In this case, the coordinates for Kunsford have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.85 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.133 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.172 degrees.