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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 Prentiss, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Prentiss and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Prentiss:
    • 31.794083, -82.395685
    • 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 Prentiss
  • 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 Appling County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Appling County
    • Since Prentiss is near Jeff Davis County and also Toombs County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Jeff Davis County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Toombs 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 Prentiss

Communities Also Named Prentiss ...

We found nine communities that are also named Prentiss.

Within Georgia, the name Prentiss is unique.

Beyond Georgia, we know of nine communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Kentucky
      • Ohio County
      • This Prentiss is located in Ohio County and lies 458 miles [737.1 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Prentiss that is located in Appling County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ohio County community of Prentiss.
    • Maine
      • Penobscot County
      • This Prentiss is located in Penobscot County and lies 1,216 miles [1,957 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Prentiss that is located in Appling County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Penobscot County community of Prentiss.
    • Mississippi
      • Bolivar County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Prentiss [Bolivar County].
      • Jefferson Davis County
      • This Prentiss is located in Jefferson Davis County and lies 439 miles [706.5 km]<1> to the west of the Prentiss that is located in Appling County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson Davis County community of Prentiss.
    • New York
      • Greene County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of Prentiss [Greene County].
    • North Carolina
      • Macon County
      • This Prentiss is located in Macon County and lies 236 miles [379.8 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Prentiss that is located in Appling County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Macon County community of Prentiss.
    • Ohio
      • Franklin County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in Franklin County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Prentiss.
      • Putnam County
      • This Prentiss is located in Putnam County and lies 652 miles [1,049.3 km]<1> to the north of the Prentiss that is located in Appling County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Putnam County community of Prentiss.
    • Oklahoma
      • Beckham County
      • This Prentiss is located in Beckham County and lies 1,029 miles [1,656 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Prentiss that is located in Appling County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Beckham County community of Prentiss.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Prentiss ...

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.

  • Bassville
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Bassville is located in Appling County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bassville
  • English Eddy
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • English Eddy is located in Toombs County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Eddy
  • Falling Rocks
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Falling Rocks is located in Appling County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falling Rocks
  • Graham
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Graham is located in Appling County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 289 people
  • Grays Landing
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Grays Landing is located in Toombs County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grays Landing
  • Manns Ferry
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Manns Ferry is located in Jeff Davis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manns Ferry
  • Piney Bluff Ferry
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Piney Bluff Ferry is located in Appling County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Bluff Ferry
  • Spring Branch
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Spring Branch is located in Appling County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Branch
  • Town Bluff Ferry
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Town Bluff Ferry is located in Jeff Davis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Town Bluff Ferry
  • Zion
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Zion is located in Appling County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Prentiss and extending to:

  • Baxley, which is the Seat of Appling County, lies just to the East Southeast.
  • Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 178 miles [286.5 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Prentiss to Atlanta, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 11 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 575 miles [925.4 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 23 days and walking would take 33 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,442 miles [10,367.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,130 miles [11,474.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,015 miles [8,070.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Prentiss) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Prentiss, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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 Prentiss 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.
<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 Prentiss 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 Prentiss. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.7941, Longitude: -82.3957       In this case, the coordinates for Prentiss have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.027 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.989 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.011 degrees.