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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 Norristown Junction, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Norristown Junction 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 Norristown Junction:
- 32.557666, -82.488463
- 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 Norristown Junction
- 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 Emanuel County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Emanuel County
- Since Norristown Junction is near Johnson County and also Treutlen County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Johnson County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Treutlen 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 Norristown Junction
Curious and Interesting Names Near Norristown Junction ...
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.
- Five Points
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Five Points is located in Treutlen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Gary
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Gary is located in Emanuel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gary
- Kirby
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Kirby is located in Emanuel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirby
- Kite
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Meeks
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Meeks is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meeks
- Normantown
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Normantown is located in Toombs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Normantown
- Pringle
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Pringle is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pringle
- Rockledge
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Stillmore
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Summertown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Tarrytown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
How Far From Norristown Junction to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Norristown Junction to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Norristown Junction and extending to:
- Swainsboro, which is the Seat of Emanuel County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Norristown Junction to Swainsboro, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 137 miles [220.5 km] to the northwest (NW). 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 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 533 miles [857.8 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 21 days and walking would take 31 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,412 miles [10,319.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,103 miles [11,431.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,986 miles [8,024.2 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Norristown Junction) 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 Norristown Junction 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 Norristown Junction. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.5577, Longitude: -82.4885 In this case, the coordinates for Norristown Junction have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.11 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.193 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.857 degrees. |
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