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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 Lumber City Ferry, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lumber City Ferry 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 Lumber City Ferry:
- 31.919627, -82.674305
- 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 Lumber City Ferry
- 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 Jeff Davis County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jeff Davis County
- Since Lumber City Ferry is near Telfair County and also Wheeler County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Telfair County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wheeler 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 Lumber City Ferry
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lumber City Ferry ...
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.
- Cedarpark
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Cedarpark is located in Telfair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarpark
- Charlotteville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Charlotteville is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlotteville
- Graham
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Graham is located in Appling County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 289 people
- Jordan
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Jordan is located in Wheeler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan
- Lumber City
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Manns Ferry
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Manns Ferry is located in Jeff Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manns Ferry
- Roper
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Roper is located in Jeff Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roper
- Scotland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Snipesville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Snipesville is located in Jeff Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snipesville
- Town Bluff Ferry
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Town Bluff Ferry is located in Jeff Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Town Bluff Ferry
- Towns
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Towns is located in Telfair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Towns
How Far From Lumber City Ferry 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 Lumber City Ferry to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Lumber City Ferry and extending to:
- Hazlehurst, which is the Seat of Jeff Davis County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 161 miles [259.1 km]<2> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Lumber City Ferry to Atlanta, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 576 miles [927 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 23 days and walking would take 33 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,449 miles [10,378.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,138 miles [11,487.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,022 miles [8,082.1 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Lumber City Ferry) 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 Lumber City Ferry 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 Lumber City Ferry. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.9196, Longitude: -82.6743 In this case, the coordinates for Lumber City Ferry have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.189 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.193 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.082 degrees. |
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