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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 Midriver, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Midriver and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Midriver:
    • 30.975786, -81.867334
    • 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 Midriver
  • 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 Camden County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Camden County
    • Since Midriver is near Charlton County and also Brantley County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Charlton County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Brantley 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 Midriver

Communities Also Named Midriver ...

We found one communities that are also named Midriver.

Within Georgia, the name Midriver is unique.

Beyond Georgia, there is another community also named Midriver in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Florida
      • Broward 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 Florida community of Midriver [Broward County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Midriver ...

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.

  • Big Oak
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Big Oak is located in Brantley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Oak
  • Bullhead Bluff
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Bullhead Bluff is located in Camden County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullhead Bluff
  • Burnt Fort
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Burnt Fort is located in Camden County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Fort
  • Burnt Fort Ferry
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Burnt Fort Ferry is located in Camden County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Fort Ferry
  • Hopewell
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Hopewell is located in Camden County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
  • Jerusalem
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Jerusalem is located in Camden County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerusalem
  • Mays Bluff
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Mays Bluff is located in Camden County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mays Bluff
  • Plantation Point
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Plantation Point is located in Camden County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plantation Point
  • Rains Landing
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Rains Landing is located in Camden County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rains Landing
  • Scarlet
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Scarlet is located in Camden County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scarlet

How Far From Midriver 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 Midriver to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Midriver and extending to:

  • Woodbine, which is the Seat of Camden County, lies just to the East.
  • Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 241 miles [387.9 km]<2> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Midriver to Atlanta, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take nearly four hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 14 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 10 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 611 miles [983.3 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 24 days and walking would take 35 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,456 miles [10,389.9 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 5,027 miles [8,090.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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 Midriver 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>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Midriver) 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 Midriver 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 Midriver. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.9758, Longitude: -81.8673       In this case, the coordinates for Midriver have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.698 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.494 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.022 degrees.