Outdoor Activities ...

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

When in O'Reily Estates, we use the following websites to find information relevant to O'Reily Estates and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for O'Reily Estates

• 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 O'Reily Estates:
  • 32.714309, -83.627683
  • 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 O'Reily Estates

• 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 Bibb County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Bibb County
  • Since O'Reily Estates is near Houston County and also Twiggs County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Houston County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Twiggs 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 O'Reily Estates

Curious and Interesting Names Near O'Reily Estates ...

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.

• Centerville
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Centerville is located in Houston County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,001 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Centerville <1>
• Danes Meadow
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Danes Meadow is located in Houston County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danes Meadow
• Echo Glen
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Echo Glen is located in Houston County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo Glen
• Fairystone
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Fairystone is located in Bibb County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairystone
• Groveland Park
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Groveland Park is located in Bibb County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groveland Park
• Honey Ridge Plantation
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Honey Ridge Plantation is located in Houston County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honey Ridge Plantation
• Hunters Ridge
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Hunters Ridge is located in Houston County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Ridge
• Liberty View
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Liberty View is located in Bibb County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty View
• Meadows
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Meadows is located in Bibb County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadows
• Rutland
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Rutland is located in Bibb County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutland
  • Estimated population in 2019: 842 people
• Silver Pines
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Silver Pines is located in Bibb County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Pines
• Terra Cotta
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Terra Cotta is located in Bibb County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terra Cotta
• Three Oaks
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Three Oaks is located in Bibb County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Oaks

How Far From O'Reily Estates 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 O'Reily Estates to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

• Macon, which is the Seat of Bibb County, lies just to the North.
• Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 84 miles [135.2 km]<2> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from O'Reily Estates 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 564 miles [907.7 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 22 days and walking would take 32 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,454 miles [10,386.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,150 miles [11,506.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,031 miles [8,096.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'