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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 Patillo, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Patillo 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 Patillo:
- 33.201787, -84.092416
- 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 Patillo
- 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 Lamar County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lamar County
- Since Patillo is near Butts County and also Monroe County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Butts County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Monroe 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 Patillo
Communities Also Named Patillo ...
We found two communities that are also named Patillo.
There is one other community in Georgia that is also named Patillo.
Beyond Georgia, there is another community also named Patillo in the United States.
- Communities Located In Georgia ...
- Monroe 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 Georgia community of Patillo [Monroe County].
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Texas
- Erath County
- This Patillo is located in Erath County and lies 817 miles [1,314.8 km]<2> to the west of the Patillo that is located in Lamar County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Erath County community of Patillo.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Patillo ...
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.
- Box Ankle
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Box Ankle is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Box Ankle
- Five Points
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Five Points is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Griffin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- High Falls
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- High Falls is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Falls
- Indian Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Indian Springs is located in Butts County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Springs
- Jenkinsburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Liberty Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Liberty Hill is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hill
- Locust Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Logwall
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Logwall is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logwall
- Orchard Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Spalding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Socrates ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Socrates is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Socrates
- Unionville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Unionville is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
How Far From Patillo 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 Patillo to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Patillo and extending to:
- Barnesville, which is the Seat of Lamar County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Patillo to Barnesville, 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 41 miles [66 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 556 miles [894.8 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,452 miles [10,383.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,151 miles [11,508.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,030 miles [8,095 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Patillo 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Patillo) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Patillo 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 Patillo. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.2018, Longitude: -84.0924 In this case, the coordinates for Patillo have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.057 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.374 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.303 degrees. |
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