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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 LaGrange, we use the following websites to find information relevant to LaGrange 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 LaGrange:
    • 33.033242, -85.034862
    • 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 LaGrange
  • 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 Troup County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Troup County
    • Since LaGrange is near Heard County and also Chambers County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Heard County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Chambers 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 LaGrange

Communities Also Named LaGrange ...

We found fifteen communities that are also named LaGrange.

Within Georgia, the name LaGrange is unique.

Beyond Georgia, we know of fifteen communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Lee County
      • This LaGrange is located in Lee County and lies 345 miles [555.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the LaGrange that is located in Troup County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lee County community of LaGrange.
    • Florida
      • Brevard County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Florida community of LaGrange [Brevard County].
    • Indiana
      • LaGrange County
      • This LaGrange is located in LaGrange County and lies 595 miles [957.6 km]<1> to the north of the LaGrange that is located in Troup County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the LaGrange County community of LaGrange.
    • Kansas
      • Marshall County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Marshall County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marshall County community of LaGrange.
    • Maine
      • Penobscot County
      • This LaGrange is located in Penobscot County and lies 1,201 miles [1,932.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the LaGrange that is located in Troup County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Penobscot County community of LaGrange.
    • Michigan
      • Kent County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of LaGrange [Kent County].
    • Mississippi
      • Choctaw County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of LaGrange [Choctaw County].
    • Ohio
      • Lawrence County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of LaGrange [Lawrence County].
      • Licking County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Licking County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Licking County community of LaGrange.
      • Lorain County
      • This LaGrange is located in Lorain County and lies 588 miles [946.3 km]<1> to the north northeast of the LaGrange that is located in Troup County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lorain County community of LaGrange.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Philadelphia County
      • This LaGrange is located in Philadelphia County and lies 736 miles [1,184.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the LaGrange that is located in Troup County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Philadelphia County community of LaGrange.
      • Wyoming County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of LaGrange [Wyoming County].
    • South Dakota
      • Yankton County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Dakota community of LaGrange [Yankton County].
    • Vermont
      • Grand Isle County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Vermont community of LaGrange [Grand Isle County].
    • Virginia
      • Culpeper County
      • This LaGrange is located in Culpeper County and lies 548 miles [881.9 km]<1> to the northeast of the LaGrange that is located in Troup County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Culpeper County community of LaGrange.

Curious and Interesting Names Near LaGrange ...

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.

  • Creek Ridge
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Creek Ridge is located in Troup County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creek Ridge
  • Federal Hills
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Federal Hills is located in Troup County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Federal Hills
  • Holly Hill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Holly Hill is located in Troup County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Hill
  • Lees Crossing
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Lees Crossing is located in Troup County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lees Crossing
  • Meadowlands
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Meadowlands is located in Troup County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowlands
  • Piney Hills
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Piney Hills is located in Troup County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Hills
  • Riverview
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Riverview is located in Troup County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
  • Sassafrass Hills
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Sassafrass Hills is located in Troup County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sassafrass Hills
    • Estimated population in 2019: 255 people
  • Spring Valley
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Spring Valley is located in Troup County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
  • Sunny Point
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Sunny Point is located in Troup County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Point
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 1,303 people
  • View Pointe
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • View Pointe is located in Troup County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for View Pointe
  • Wildwood
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Wildwood is located in Troup County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood

How Far From LaGrange 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 city such as LaGrange to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 62 miles [99.8 km]<1> to the northeast (NE). If you could walk a straight line from LaGrange to Atlanta, with an average speed<4> 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 about three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 602 miles [968.8 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 24 days and walking would take 35 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,500 miles [10,460.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,201 miles [11,588.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,080 miles [8,175.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 drawn from Point A (ie- LaGrange) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 LaGrange 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.
<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 LaGrange, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 LaGrange 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 LaGrange. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.0332, Longitude: -85.0349       In this case, the coordinates for LaGrange have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.599 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.976 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.706 degrees.