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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 Lilly, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lilly 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 Lilly:
    • 32.146546, -83.877481
    • 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 Lilly
  • 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 Dooly County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Dooly County
    • Since Lilly is near Sumter County and also Macon County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Sumter County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Macon 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 Lilly

Communities Also Named Lilly ...

We found ten communities that are also named Lilly.

Within Georgia, the name Lilly is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Illinois
      • Tazewell County
      • This Lilly is located in Tazewell County and lies 652 miles [1,049.3 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Lilly that is located in Dooly County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tazewell County community of Lilly.
    • Kansas
      • McPherson County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in McPherson County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the McPherson County community of Lilly.
    • Missouri
      • Clinton County
      • This Lilly is located in Clinton County and lies 777 miles [1,250.5 km]<1> to the northwest of the Lilly that is located in Dooly County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clinton County community of Lilly.
    • North Carolina
      • Camden County
      • This Lilly is located in Camden County and lies 525 miles [844.9 km]<1> to the northeast of the Lilly that is located in Dooly County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Camden County community of Lilly.
    • Ohio
      • Scioto County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Lilly [Scioto County].
    • Oklahoma
      • Lincoln County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Lilly [Lincoln County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Cambria County
      • This Lilly is located in Cambria County and lies 627 miles [1,009.1 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Lilly that is located in Dooly County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cambria County community of Lilly.
    • Texas
      • Collingsworth County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Lilly [Collingsworth County].
    • Virginia
      • Rockingham County
      • This Lilly is located in Rockingham County and lies 515 miles [828.8 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Lilly that is located in Dooly County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rockingham County community of Lilly.
    • West Virginia
      • Summers County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Lilly [Summers County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Lilly ...

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.

  • Clearview
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Clearview is located in Macon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearview
  • Coney
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Coney is located in Crisp County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coney
    • Former name for Coney:
    • Cone
  • Cutoff
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Cutoff is located in Macon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutoff
  • Danville ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Danville is located in Sumter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danville
    • Estimated population in 2019: 212 people
  • Fields
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Fields is located in Macon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fields
  • Five Points
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Five Points is located in Macon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
  • Four Points
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Four Points is located in Macon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Points
  • Lamb Town
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Lamb Town is located in Crisp County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamb Town
  • Mars Hill Crossroads
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Mars Hill Crossroads is located in Dooly County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mars Hill Crossroads
  • Richwood
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Richwood is located in Dooly County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richwood
  • Snow Spring
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Snow Spring is located in Dooly County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Spring
  • Travelers Rest
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Travelers Rest is located in Macon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Travelers Rest

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

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

  • Vienna, which is the Seat of Dooly County, lies just to the Southeast.
  • Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 114 miles [183.5 km]<1> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from Lilly to Atlanta, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 603 miles [970.4 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving 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 6,491 miles [10,446.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,185 miles [11,563.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,067 miles [8,154.5 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Lilly) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Lilly, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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 Lilly 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.
<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 Lilly 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 Lilly. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.1465, Longitude: -83.8775       In this case, the coordinates for Lilly have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.882 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.024 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.47 degrees.