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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 Nicholls, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Nicholls 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 Nicholls:
- 31.517492, -82.634955
- 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 Nicholls
- 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 Coffee County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Coffee County
- Since Nicholls is near Bacon County and also Ware County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bacon County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ware 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 Nicholls
Communities Also Named Nicholls ...
We found one communities that are also named Nicholls.
Within Georgia, the name Nicholls is unique.
Beyond Georgia, there is another community also named Nicholls in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Louisiana
- Plaquemines Parish
- This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Nicholls [Plaquemines Parish].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Nicholls ...
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.
- Cherokee Hills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Cherokee Hills is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Hills
- Coffee
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Dixie Union
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Dixie Union is located in Ware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie Union
- Hasty
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Hasty is located in Ware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hasty
- Huffer
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Huffer is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huffer
- Roper
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Roper is located in Jeff Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roper
- Snipesville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Snipesville is located in Jeff Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snipesville
- Stokesville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Stokesville is located in Atkinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stokesville
- Waltertown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Waltertown is located in Ware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waltertown
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,115 people
- Waltertown has also been known as:
- Watertown
How Far From Nicholls 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 city such as Nicholls to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Nicholls and extending to:
- Douglas, which is the Seat of Coffee County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Nicholls to Douglas, 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 185 miles [297.7 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 599 miles [964 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 24 days and walking would take 34 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,465 miles [10,404.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,153 miles [11,511.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,038 miles [8,107.9 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 Nicholls, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 drawn from Point A (ie- Nicholls) 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 Nicholls 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 Nicholls. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.5175, Longitude: -82.6350 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.148 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.09 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.164 degrees. |
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