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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 Ousley, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ousley 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 Ousley:
- 30.794366, -83.430711
- 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 Ousley
- 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 Lowndes County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lowndes County
- Since Ousley is near Brooks County and also Madison County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Brooks County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Madison 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 Ousley
Communities Also Named Ousley ...
We found two communities that are also named Ousley.
Within Georgia, the name Ousley is unique.
Beyond Georgia, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- South Carolina
- Chesterfield County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Ousley [Chesterfield County].
- West Virginia
- Cabell County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Ousley [Cabell County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Ousley ...
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.
- Eager
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Eager is located in Lowndes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eager
- Gates ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Gates is located in Brooks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gates
- Golden ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Golden is located in Brooks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden
- Kinderlou
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Kinderlou is located in Lowndes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinderlou
- Lakeview Heights
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Lakeview Heights is located in Lowndes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Heights
- Provident
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Provident is located in Lowndes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Provident
- Quitman
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Shiver
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Shiver is located in Brooks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiver
- Spain
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Spain is located in Brooks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spain
- Wood Valley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Wood Valley is located in Lowndes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood Valley
How Far From Ousley 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 Ousley to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Ousley and extending to:
- Valdosta, which is the Seat of Lowndes County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Ousley to Valdosta, 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 211 miles [339.6 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 9 days and walking would take 12 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 666 miles [1,071.8 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 26 days and walking would take 38 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,534 miles [10,515.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,220 miles [11,619.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,106 miles [8,217.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Ousley could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Ousley) 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 Ousley 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 Ousley. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.7944, Longitude: -83.4307 In this case, the coordinates for Ousley have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.553 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.456 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.613 degrees. |
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