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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 Murchisons, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Murchisons 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 Murchisons:
    • 34.242594, -85.014390
    • 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 Murchisons
  • 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 Bartow County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Bartow County
    • Since Murchisons is near Floyd County and also Gordon County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Floyd County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Gordon 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 Murchisons

Curious and Interesting Names Near Murchisons ...

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 Ferry
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Bass Ferry is located in Floyd County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bass Ferry
  • Chapel Hill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Chapel Hill is located in Floyd County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill
  • Fieldwood
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Fieldwood is located in Floyd County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fieldwood
  • Ford ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Ford is located in Bartow County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ford
  • Freeman Ferry
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Freeman Ferry is located in Floyd County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman Ferry
  • Freemans ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Freemans is located in Floyd County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freemans
  • Halls
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Halls is located in Bartow County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls
  • Hermitage
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Hermitage is located in Floyd County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermitage
  • Maplewood
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Maplewood is located in Floyd County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
  • Maplewood Park
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Maplewood Park is located in Floyd County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood Park
  • Maplewood Square
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Maplewood Square is located in Floyd County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood Square
  • Snow Springs
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Snow Springs is located in Bartow County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Springs
  • Waters Store ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Waters Store is located in Floyd County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waters Store

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<1> community of Murchisons once stood, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Murchisons and extending to:

  • Cartersville, which is the Seat of Bartow County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Murchisons to Cartersville, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 49 miles [78.9 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take about three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 546 miles [878.7 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 22 days and walking would take 31 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,442 miles [10,367.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,149 miles [11,505.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,026 miles [8,088.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Murchisons, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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- Murchisons) 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 Murchisons 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 Murchisons. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.2426, Longitude: -85.0144       In this case, the coordinates for Murchisons have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.645 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.198 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.416 degrees.