Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Nickville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Nickville and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Nickville

• 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 Nickville:
  • 34.113443, -83.001532
  • 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 Nickville

• 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 Elbert County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Elbert County
  • Since Nickville is near Madison County and also Oglethorpe County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Madison County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Oglethorpe 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 Nickville

Curious and Interesting Names Near Nickville ...

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.

• Deadmans Ferry
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Deadmans Ferry is located in Madison County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deadmans Ferry
• Dewy Rose
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Dewy Rose is located in Elbert County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dewy Rose
  • Estimated population in 2019: 562 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dewy Rose <1>
• Dove Creek
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Dove Creek is located in Elbert County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dove Creek
• Hard Cash
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Hard Cash is located in Elbert County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hard Cash
• Harper
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Harper is located in Elbert County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper
• Harpers Ferry
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Harpers Ferry is located in Madison County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harpers Ferry
• Martins Ferry
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Martins Ferry is located in Oglethorpe County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martins Ferry
• Match
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Match is located in Elbert County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Match
• Moon Ferry
  (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Moon Ferry is located in Madison County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moon Ferry
• Moore Ferry
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Moore Ferry is located in Madison County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore Ferry
• Vineyard Creek
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Vineyard Creek is located in Madison County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vineyard Creek

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Nickville and extending to:

• Elberton, which is the Seat of Elbert County, lies just to the East.
• Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 83 miles [133.6 km]<2> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Nickville to Atlanta, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 467 miles [751.6 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 19 days and walking would take 27 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,363 miles [10,240.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,063 miles [11,366.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,942 miles [7,953.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'