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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 Moye, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Moye 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 Moye:
- 31.611003, -84.776865
- 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 Moye
- 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 Calhoun County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Calhoun County
- Since Moye is near Randolph County and also Clay County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Randolph County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clay 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 Moye
Curious and Interesting Names Near Moye ...
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.
- Bass Store
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Bass Store is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bass Store
- Dickey
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Dickey is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickey
- Edison
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Folks ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Folks is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folks
- Grubb ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Grubb is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grubb
- Jeff
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jeff is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeff
- Jones Crossing
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Jones Crossing is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Crossing
- Martins Crossroads
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Martins Crossroads is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martins Crossroads
- Parksville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Parksville is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parksville
- Shivers Mill
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Shivers Mill is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shivers Mill
How Far From Moye 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 Moye to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Moye and extending to:
- Morgan, which is the Seat of Calhoun County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Moye to Morgan, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 149 miles [239.8 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 665 miles [1,070.2 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 26 days and walking would take 38 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,555 miles [10,549.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,250 miles [11,667.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,131 miles [8,257.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 from Point A (ie- Moye) 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 Moye 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 Moye. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.6110, Longitude: -84.7769 In this case, the coordinates for Moye have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.366 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.509 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.923 degrees. |
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