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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 Phelps, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Phelps 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 Phelps:
- 34.698137, -84.983278
- 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 Phelps
- 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 Whitfield County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Whitfield County
- Since Phelps is near Walker County and also Gordon County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Walker County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Gordon 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 Phelps
Communities Also Named Phelps ...
We found sixteen communities that are also named Phelps.
Within Georgia, the name Phelps is unique.
Beyond Georgia, we know of sixteen communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Jackson 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 Arkansas community of Phelps [Jackson County].
- Illinois
- Saint Clair County
- This Phelps is located in Saint Clair County and lies 390 miles [627.6 km]<2> to the northwest of the Phelps that is located in Whitfield County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Clair County community of Phelps.
- Warren County
- This Phelps is located in Warren County and lies 522 miles [840.1 km] to the northwest of the Phelps that is located in Whitfield County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Warren County community of Phelps.
- Kansas
- Sheridan 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 Kansas community of Phelps [Sheridan County].
- Kentucky
- Pike County
- This Phelps is located in Pike County and lies 250 miles [402.3 km]<2> to the northeast of the Phelps that is located in Whitfield County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pike County community of Phelps.
- Maryland
- Frederick County
- This Phelps is located in Frederick County and lies 526 miles [846.5 km]<2> to the northeast of the Phelps that is located in Whitfield County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Frederick County community of Phelps.
- Prince George's County
- This Phelps is located in Prince George's County and lies 532 miles [856.2 km] to the northeast of the Phelps that is located in Whitfield County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Prince George's County community of Phelps.
- Michigan
- Charlevoix County
- This Phelps is located in Charlevoix County and lies 726 miles [1,168.4 km]<2> to the north of the Phelps that is located in Whitfield County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Charlevoix County community of Phelps.
- Clare County
- This Phelps is located in Clare County and lies 636 miles [1,023.5 km] to the north of the Phelps that is located in Whitfield County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clare County community of Phelps.
- Minnesota
- Otter Tail County
- This Phelps is located in Otter Tail County and lies 984 miles [1,583.6 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Phelps that is located in Whitfield County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Otter Tail County community of Phelps.
- Missouri
- Atchison 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 Missouri community of Phelps [Atchison County].
- Lawrence County
- This Phelps is located in Lawrence County and lies 527 miles [848.1 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Phelps that is located in Whitfield County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lawrence County community of Phelps.
- Nebraska
- Phelps 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 Nebraska community of Phelps [Phelps County].
- New York
- Ontario County
- This Phelps is located in Ontario County and lies 711 miles [1,144.2 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Phelps that is located in Whitfield County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ontario County community of Phelps.
- Texas
- Walker County
- This Phelps is located in Walker County and lies 667 miles [1,073.4 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Phelps that is located in Whitfield County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Walker County community of Phelps.
- Wisconsin
- Vilas County
- This Phelps is located in Vilas County and lies 813 miles [1,308.4 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Phelps that is located in Whitfield County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Vilas County community of Phelps.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Phelps ...
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.
- Carbondale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Carbondale is located in Whitfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbondale
- Cedar Ridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cedar Ridge is located in Whitfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Ridge
- Crow ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Crow is located in Whitfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crow
- Five Springs
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Five Springs is located in Whitfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Springs
- Furnace ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Furnace is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnace
- Hill City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Hill City is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill City
- Keiths Mill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Keiths Mill is located in Whitfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keiths Mill
- Rocky Face
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Treadwell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Treadwell is located in Murray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Treadwell
- Trickum
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Trickum is located in Whitfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trickum
- Union Point
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Union Point is located in Whitfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Point
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,845 people
- Water Valley ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Water Valley is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Water Valley
How Far From Phelps 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 Phelps to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Phelps and extending to:
- Dalton, which is the Seat of Whitfield County, lies just to the North.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 73 miles [117.5 km]<2> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Phelps to Atlanta, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 526 miles [846.5 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 21 days and walking would take 30 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,420 miles [10,332 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,128 miles [11,471.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,004 miles [8,053.2 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Phelps 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 from Point A (ie- Phelps) 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 Phelps 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 Phelps. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.6981, Longitude: -84.9833 In this case, the coordinates for Phelps have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.645 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.261 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.294 degrees. |
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