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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 Louvale Station, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Louvale Station 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 Louvale Station:
- 32.151542, -84.836314
- 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 Louvale Station
- 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 Stewart County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Stewart County
- Since Louvale Station is near Chattahoochee County and also Russell County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Chattahoochee County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Russell 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 Louvale Station
Curious and Interesting Names Near Louvale Station ...
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.
- Charles
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Charles is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charles
- Childs Place
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Childs Place is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Childs Place
- Cottage Mills ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Cottage Mills is located in Chattahoochee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage Mills
- Green Hill ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Green Hill is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill
- Heard Place
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Heard Place is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heard Place
- Jamestown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Jamestown is located in Chattahoochee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
- Lumpkin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Power Place
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Power Place is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Power Place
- Randall
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Randall is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randall
- Shady Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Shady Grove is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Slaughter Creek ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Slaughter Creek is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slaughter Creek
- Spring Grove ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Spring Grove is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Grove
- Union
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Union is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
How Far From Louvale Station 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 Louvale Station to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Louvale Station and extending to:
- Lumpkin, which is the Seat of Stewart County, lies just to the South Southeast.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 113 miles [181.9 km]<2> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could drive a straight line from Louvale Station to Atlanta, with an average speed<3>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 639 miles [1,028.4 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 25 days and walking would take 37 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,532 miles [10,512.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,230 miles [11,635.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,110 miles [8,223.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Louvale Station) 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 Louvale Station 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 Louvale Station. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.1515, Longitude: -84.8363 In this case, the coordinates for Louvale Station have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.434 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.662 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.827 degrees. |
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