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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 Laney, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Laney 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 Laney:
- 31.208517, -84.026567
- 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 Laney
- 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 Mitchell County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mitchell County
- Since Laney is near Colquitt County and also Thomas County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Colquitt County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Thomas 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 Laney
Communities Also Named Laney ...
We found three communities that are also named Laney.
Within Georgia, the name Laney is unique.
Beyond Georgia, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Calhoun County
- This Laney is located in Calhoun County and lies 215 miles [346 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Laney that is located in Mitchell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calhoun County community of Laney.
- South Carolina
- Chesterfield 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 Carolina community of Laney [Chesterfield County].
- Wisconsin
- Shawano County
- This Laney is located in Shawano County and lies 955 miles [1,536.9 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Laney that is located in Mitchell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shawano County community of Laney.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Laney ...
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.
- Cotton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Doerun
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hartsfield
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Minnesota
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Minnesota is located in Colquitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnesota
- Pebble City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pebble City is located in Mitchell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pebble City
- Petty ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Petty is located in Mitchell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petty
- Rogerville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rogerville is located in Mitchell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogerville
- Sale City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Terrace ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Terrace is located in Colquitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terrace
How Far From Laney 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 Laney to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Laney and extending to:
- Camilla, which is the Seat of Mitchell County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Laney to Camilla, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 177 miles [284.9 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 661 miles [1,063.8 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 26 days and walking would take 38 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,541 miles [10,526.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,231 miles [11,637.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,115 miles [8,231.8 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Laney) 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 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 Laney 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Laney 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 Laney. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.2085, Longitude: -84.0266 In this case, the coordinates for Laney have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.913 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.93 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.735 degrees. |
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