Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Prescott, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Prescott and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Prescott
- 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 Prescott:
- 30.989952, -81.958726
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Prescott
- 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 Charlton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Charlton County
- Since Prescott is near Camden County and also Brantley County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Camden County
- eBird sighting report for Brantley 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Prescott ...
We found 22 communities that share the name Prescott.
There are two communities within Georgia that are also named Prescott.
Beyond Georgia, we know of another twenty communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these twenty communities, 21 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Located In Georgia ...
- Echols County
- Lowndes County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Linn County
- This Prescott is located in Linn County and lies 872 miles [1,403.3 km]<2> to the northwest of the Prescott that is located in Charlton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Linn County community of Prescott.
- Osage 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 Prescott [Osage County].
- Pratt County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Prescott [Pratt County].
- Massachusetts
- Franklin County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Prescott [Franklin County].
- Hampshire 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 Massachusetts community of Prescott [Hampshire County].
- Michigan
- Missouri
- North Carolina
- Ontario
- This Prescott lies 1,009 miles [1,623.8 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Prescott that is located in Charlton County.
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- South Carolina
- Washington
- Pierce 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 Washington community of Prescott [Pierce County].
- Walla Walla County
- This Prescott is located in Walla Walla County and lies 2,200 miles [3,540.6 km]<2> to the northwest of the Prescott that is located in Charlton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Walla Walla County community of Prescott.
- Wisconsin
Curious and Interesting Names Near Prescott ...
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.
- Big Oak
(5 miles [8 km] to the north) - Bullhead Bluff
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bullhead Bluff have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullhead Bluff
- Bullhead Bluff is located in Camden County
- Burnt Fort
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Burnt Fort have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Fort
- Burnt Fort is located in Camden County
- Burnt Fort Ferry
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Burnt Fort Ferry have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Fort Ferry
- Burnt Fort Ferry is located in Camden County
- Centerville ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Centerville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Centerville is located in Charlton County
- Cypress Siding
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cypress Siding have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Siding
- Cypress Siding is located in Charlton County
- Homeland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homeland
- Homeland is located in Charlton County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 955 people
- Jerusalem
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east) - Mays Bluff
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mays Bluff have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mays Bluff
- Mays Bluff is located in Camden County
- Racepond
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west) - Rains Landing
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rains Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rains Landing
- Rains Landing is located in Camden County
How Far From Prescott 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 Prescott to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic community of Prescott once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Prescott and extending to:
- Folkston, which is the Seat of Charlton County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Prescott to Folkston, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 237 miles [381.4 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 612 miles [984.9 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 24 days and walking would take 35 days.
- The shortest distance<6> 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).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,141 miles [11,492.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,030 miles [8,095 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for State of Georgia: https://georgia.gov/
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 Prescott 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 'straight-line' (or 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- Prescott) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Prescott. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.9900, Longitude: -81.9587 In this case, the coordinates for Prescott have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | 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 Prescott, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Prescott to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.749 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.555 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.051 degrees. |