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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 Metter, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Metter 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 Metter:
- 32.397200, -82.060115
- 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 Metter
- 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 Candler County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Candler County
- Since Metter is near Tattnall County and also Emanuel County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Tattnall County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Emanuel 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 Metter
Communities Also Named Metter ...
We found one communities that are also named Metter.
There is one other community in Georgia that is also named Metter.
Beyond Georgia.
- Communities Located In Georgia ...
- Bulloch 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 Georgia community of Metter [Bulloch County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Metter ...
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.
- Aaron
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Bland ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bland is located in Bulloch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bland
- Canoe
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Canoe is located in Candler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canoe
- Estimated population in 2019: 785 people
- Horseshoe Bend
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Horseshoe Bend is located in Bulloch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horseshoe Bend
- Irongate
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Irongate is located in Bulloch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irongate
- Kites Spur ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Kites Spur is located in Bulloch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kites Spur
- Estimated population in 2019: 227 people
- Parish
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Parish is located in Candler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parish
- Piddleville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Piddleville is located in Bulloch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piddleville
- Portal
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Register
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Saddlecreek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Saddlecreek is located in Bulloch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saddlecreek
- Shamrock
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Shamrock is located in Candler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shamrock
- Stillmore
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Twin City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Union
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Union is located in Candler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
How Far From Metter to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a city such as Metter to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Metter and extending to:
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 164 miles [263.9 km]<3> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Metter to Atlanta, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about 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 529 miles [851.3 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 21 days and walking would take 30 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,400 miles [10,299.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,090 miles [11,410.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,974 miles [8,004.9 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 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 Metter 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Metter) 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 Metter 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 Metter. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.3972, Longitude: -82.0601 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.863 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.885 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.74 degrees. |
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