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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 Massey Hill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Massey Hill 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 Massey Hill:
- 32.860142, -83.346553
- 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 Massey Hill
- 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 Wilkinson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wilkinson County
- Since Massey Hill is near Twiggs County and also Jones County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Twiggs County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jones 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 Massey Hill
Communities Also Named Massey Hill ...
We found one communities that are also named Massey Hill.
Within Georgia, the name Massey Hill is unique.
Beyond Georgia, there is another community also named Massey Hill in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- North Carolina
- Cumberland County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Massey Hill [Cumberland County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Massey Hill ...
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.
- Coopers
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Coopers is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coopers
- Dry Branch
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Edgars
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Edgars is located in Wilkinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgars
- Goldens Mill ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Goldens Mill is located in Wilkinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldens Mill
- Gordon
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Greenberry Crossroads
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- James
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- James is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James
- Kings Park
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Kings Park is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Park
- Mount Pleasant
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Mountain Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mountain Springs is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Springs
- Whispering Pines
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Whispering Pines is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whispering Pines
- Youngblood Corners ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Youngblood Corners is located in Wilkinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngblood Corners
How Far From Massey Hill 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 Massey Hill to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Massey Hill and extending to:
- Irwinton, which is the Seat of Wilkinson County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Massey Hill to Irwinton, 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 86 miles [138.4 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 545 miles [877.1 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 22 days and walking would take 31 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,435 miles [10,356.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,131 miles [11,476.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,012 miles [8,066 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Massey Hill 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. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Massey Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Massey Hill 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 Massey Hill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.8601, Longitude: -83.3466 In this case, the coordinates for Massey Hill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.611 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.812 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.102 degrees. |
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