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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 Lampadocia, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lampadocia 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 Lampadocia:
- 31.024399, -81.600102
- 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 Lampadocia
- 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 Camden County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Camden County
- Since Lampadocia is near Glynn County and also Brantley County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Glynn County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Brantley 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 Lampadocia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lampadocia ...
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.
- Ceylon
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Ceylon is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ceylon
- Dover Bluff
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Dover Bluff is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover Bluff
- Forestview
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Forestview is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestview
- Hickory Bluff
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Hickory Bluff is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Bluff
- Hogan
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Hogan is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hogan
- Piney Bluff
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Piney Bluff is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Bluff
- Red Bluff
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Red Bluff is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bluff
- Spring Bluff
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Spring Bluff is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Bluff
How Far From Lampadocia 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 Lampadocia 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 Lampadocia once stood, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Lampadocia and extending to:
- Woodbine, which is the Seat of Camden County, lies just to the West Southwest.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 248 miles [399.1 km]<2> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Lampadocia to Atlanta, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take nearly four hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 14 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 601 miles [967.2 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 24 days and walking would take 35 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,441 miles [10,365.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,123 miles [11,463.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,012 miles [8,066 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 Lampadocia, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Lampadocia) 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 Lampadocia 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 Lampadocia. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.0244, Longitude: -81.6001 In this case, the coordinates for Lampadocia have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.554 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.335 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.918 degrees. |
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