Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Moores Ferry, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Moores Ferry and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Moores Ferry
- 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 Moores Ferry:
- 34.431200, -85.046613
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Moores 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 Gordon County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Gordon County
- Since Moores Ferry is near Floyd County and also Bartow County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Floyd County
- eBird sighting report for Bartow 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Moores Ferry ...
We found three communities that share the name Moores Ferry.
Within Georgia, the name Moores Ferry is unique.
Beyond Georgia, we know of another three communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kentucky
- Bath 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 Kentucky community of Moores Ferry [Bath County].
- Mississippi
- Madison County
- This Moores Ferry is located in Madison County and lies 309 miles [497.3 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Moores Ferry that is located in Gordon County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Moores Ferry.
- Tennessee
- Loudon County
- This Moores Ferry is located in Loudon County and lies 100 miles [160.9 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Moores Ferry that is located in Gordon County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Loudon County community of Moores Ferry.
- Kentucky
Curious and Interesting Names Near Moores 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.
- Curryville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Curryville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curryville
- Curryville is located in Gordon County
- Everett Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Everett Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everett Springs
- Everett Springs is located in Floyd County
- Floyd Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floyd Springs
- Floyd Springs is located in Floyd County
- Fricks Ferry
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fricks Ferry have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fricks Ferry
- Fricks Ferry is located in Gordon County
- Hermitage
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south) - Lays Ferry
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lays Ferry have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lays Ferry
- Lays Ferry is located in Gordon County
- Margie ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest) - Plainville
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plainville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainville
- Plainville is located in Gordon County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 322 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Plainville <5>
- Pope Ferry
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pope Ferry have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pope Ferry
- Pope Ferry is located in Floyd County
- Printup Ferry
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Printup Ferry have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Printup Ferry
- Printup Ferry is located in Gordon County
- Rocky Creek ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rocky Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Creek
- Rocky Creek is located in Gordon County
- Rosedale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west) - Snow Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Snow Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Springs
- Snow Springs is located in Bartow County
- Waters Store ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Waters Store have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waters Store
- Waters Store is located in Floyd County
How Far From Moores Ferry to ...
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 community such as Moores Ferry to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Moores Ferry and extending to:
- Calhoun, which is the Seat of Gordon County, lies just to the Northeast.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 59 miles [95 km]<2> to the southeast (SE). If you could walk a straight line from Moores Ferry to Atlanta, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 539 miles [867.4 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just over a day, a buggy would take 21 days and walking would take 31 days.
- The shortest distance<7> 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).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,142 miles [11,493.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,019 miles [8,077.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Moores Ferry. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Gordon County: www.gordoncounty.org/
The official website for State of Georgia: https://georgia.gov/
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 Moores Ferry 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Moores Ferry) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Moores Ferry. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.4312, Longitude: -85.0466 In this case, the coordinates for Moores Ferry have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Moores Ferry to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.672 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.255 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.384 degrees. |