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:
31.931883, -82.682157
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
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 Telfair County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found two communities that are also named Lumber City.
Within Georgia, the name Lumber City is unique.
Beyond Georgia, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Pennsylvania
Clearfield County
This Lumber City is located in Clearfield County and lies 661 miles [1,063.8 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Lumber City that is located in Telfair County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clearfield County community of Lumber City.
Mifflin County
This Lumber City is located in Mifflin County and lies 665 miles [1,070.2 km] to the north northeast of the Lumber City that is located in Telfair County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mifflin County community of Lumber City.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lumber City ...
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.
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 Lumber City to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Lumber City and extending to:
McRae - Helena, which is the Seat of Telfair County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Lumber City to McRae - Helena, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 160 miles [257.5 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 9 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>
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- Lumber City) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
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While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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.
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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 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. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.9319, Longitude: -82.6822
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.194 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.201 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.081 degrees.