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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 Mooty Ferry, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mooty Ferry 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 Mooty Ferry:
    • 33.131511, -85.089663
    • 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 Mooty 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 Troup County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Troup County
    • Since Mooty Ferry is near Heard County and also Chambers County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Heard County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Chambers 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 Mooty Ferry

Curious and Interesting Names Near Mooty 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.

  • Beaver Cove
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Beaver Cove is located in Troup County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Cove
  • Covered Bridge
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Covered Bridge is located in Troup County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covered Bridge
  • Creek Ridge
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Creek Ridge is located in Troup County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creek Ridge
  • Eagles Rest
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Eagles Rest is located in Troup County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagles Rest
  • Hillcrest
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Hillcrest is located in Troup County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
  • Holly Hill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Holly Hill is located in Troup County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Hill
  • Indian Bend
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Indian Bend is located in Troup County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Bend
  • Meadowlands
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Meadowlands is located in Troup County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowlands
  • Riverwood
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Riverwood is located in Troup County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverwood
  • Sassafrass Hills
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Sassafrass Hills is located in Troup County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sassafrass Hills
    • Estimated population in 2019: 255 people
  • Sunny Point
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Sunny Point is located in Troup County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Point
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 1,303 people
  • View Pointe
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • View Pointe is located in Troup County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for View Pointe
  • Wildwood
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Wildwood is located in Troup County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Mooty Ferry and extending to:

  • LaGrange, which is the Seat of Troup County, lies just to the South Southeast.
  • Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 58 miles [93.3 km]<1> to the northeast (NE). If you could walk a straight line from Mooty Ferry to Atlanta, with an average speed<2> 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 over two days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 600 miles [965.6 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 24 days and walking would take 34 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,497 miles [10,455.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,200 miles [11,587.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,078 miles [8,172.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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- Mooty Ferry) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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.
<3>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 Mooty Ferry 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 Mooty Ferry. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.1315, Longitude: -85.0897       In this case, the coordinates for Mooty Ferry have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.636 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.032 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.705 degrees.