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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 Nebula, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Nebula 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 Nebula:
- 32.850409, -84.677149
- 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 Nebula
- 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 Meriwether County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Meriwether County
- Since Nebula is near Talbot County and also Harris County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Talbot County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Harris 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 Nebula
Communities Also Named Nebula ...
We found one communities that are also named Nebula.
There is one other community in Georgia that is also named Nebula.
Beyond Georgia.
- Communities Located In Georgia ...
- Talbot 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 Georgia community of Nebula [Talbot County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Nebula ...
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.
- Bulloch Crossroads
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bulloch Crossroads is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bulloch Crossroads
- Bullochville ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bullochville is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullochville
- County Line
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- County Line is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for County Line
- Flint Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Flint Hill is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Hill
- Greens Mill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Greens Mill is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greens Mill
- Harris City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Harris City is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris City
- Hunters Crossroad
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Hunters Crossroad is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Crossroad
- Oak Mountain
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Oak Mountain is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Mountain
- Oak Mountain Spring ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Oak Mountain Spring is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Mountain Spring
- Tax Crossroads
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Tax Crossroads is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tax Crossroads
- Warm Springs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
How Far From Nebula to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Nebula to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Nebula and extending to:
- Greenville, which is the Seat of Meriwether County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Nebula to Greenville, with an average speed<4> 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 64 miles [103 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 597 miles [960.8 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 24 days and walking would take 34 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,493 miles [10,449.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,193 miles [11,576 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,072 miles [8,162.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek 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 Nebula 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Nebula) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Nebula 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 Nebula. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.8504, Longitude: -84.6771 In this case, the coordinates for Nebula have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.38 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.698 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.61 degrees. |
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