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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 Paulk, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Paulk 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 Paulk:
- 32.385992, -83.405170
- 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 Paulk
- 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 Bleckley County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bleckley County
- Since Paulk is near Dodge County and also Pulaski County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dodge County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pulaski 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 Paulk
Curious and Interesting Names Near Paulk ...
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.
- Chester
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- District Path
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- District Path is located in Twiggs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for District Path
- Dodge High
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Dodge High is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodge High
- Empire
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Empire is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empire
- Five Points
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Five Points is located in Bleckley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Forest Pointe
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Forest Pointe is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Pointe
- Goose Neck
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Goose Neck is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goose Neck
- Kathleen
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Royal
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Royal is located in Bleckley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal
- Estimated population in 2019: 2,571 people
- Sand Bed
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Sand Bed is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Bed
- Sugar Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Sugar Hill is located in Dooly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Hill
- Willow Run
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Willow Run is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Run
- Yonkers
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Yonkers is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yonkers
How Far From Paulk to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Paulk to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Paulk and extending to:
- Cochran, which is the Seat of Bleckley County, lies just to the East.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 110 miles [177 km]<2> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from Paulk to Atlanta, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 574 miles [923.8 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 23 days and walking would take 33 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,459 miles [10,394.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,153 miles [11,511.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,035 miles [8,103 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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> | 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- Paulk) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Paulk 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 Paulk. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.3860, Longitude: -83.4052 In this case, the coordinates for Paulk have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.624 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.76 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.238 degrees. |
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