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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 Oak Mountain Spring, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Oak Mountain Spring 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 Oak Mountain Spring:
- 32.756245, -84.690482
- 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 Oak Mountain Spring
- 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 Talbot County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Talbot County
- Since Oak Mountain Spring is near Harris County and also Meriwether County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Harris County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Meriwether 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 Oak Mountain Spring
Curious and Interesting Names Near Oak Mountain Spring ...
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
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Bulloch Crossroads is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bulloch Crossroads
- Bullochville ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Bullochville is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullochville
- County Line
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- County Line is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for County Line
- Flint Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Flint Hill is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Hill
- Greens Mill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Greens Mill is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greens Mill
- Nebula
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Nebula is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nebula
- Oak Mountain
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Mountain is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Mountain
- Olive Branch
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Olive Branch is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive Branch
- Pine Mountain Valley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Tax Crossroads
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Tax Crossroads is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tax Crossroads
- Turntime Crossroads
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Turntime Crossroads is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turntime Crossroads
- Warm Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
How Far From Oak Mountain Spring 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 Oak Mountain Spring to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<2> community of Oak Mountain Spring once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Oak Mountain Spring and extending to:
- Talbotton, which is the Seat of Talbot County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Oak Mountain Spring to Talbotton, with an average speed<4> 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 71 miles [114.3 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take 4 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 602 miles [968.8 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 24 days and walking would take 35 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,498 miles [10,457.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,197 miles [11,582.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,077 miles [8,170.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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> | 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 Oak Mountain Spring, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 drawn from Point A (ie- Oak Mountain Spring) 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 Oak Mountain Spring 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 Oak Mountain Spring. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.7562, Longitude: -84.6905 In this case, the coordinates for Oak Mountain Spring have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.383 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.688 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.637 degrees. |
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