Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Oberry:
  • 31.385199, -82.980703
  • 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 Oberry

• 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 Atkinson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Atkinson County
  • Since Oberry is near Coffee County and also Berrien County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Coffee County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Berrien 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 Oberry

Curious and Interesting Names Near Oberry ...

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.

• Bridgetown
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Bridgetown is located in Coffee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgetown
• Cherokee Hills
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Cherokee Hills is located in Coffee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Hills
• Glory
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Glory is located in Berrien County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glory
• Gracys Station ‑ Historic
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Gracys Station is located in Atkinson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gracys Station
• Huffer
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Huffer is located in Coffee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huffer
• Lax
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Lax is located in Coffee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lax
• Riverbend
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Riverbend is located in Irwin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverbend
• Sandy Bottom
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Sandy Bottom is located in Atkinson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Bottom
• Stokesville
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Stokesville is located in Atkinson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stokesville

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Oberry and extending to:

• Pearson, which is the Seat of Atkinson County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Oberry to Pearson, with an average speed<2> 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 182 miles [292.9 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 617 miles [993 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 25 days and walking would take 35 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,487 miles [10,439.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,174 miles [11,545.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,060 miles [8,143.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'