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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 Rayle, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Rayle 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 Rayle:
- 33.790710, -82.903610
- 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 Rayle
- 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 Wilkes County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wilkes County
- Since Rayle is near Oglethorpe County and also Taliaferro County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Oglethorpe County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Taliaferro 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 Rayle
Curious and Interesting Names Near Rayle ...
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.
- Brickhouse
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Brickhouse is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brickhouse
- Celeste
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Celeste is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Celeste
- Centerville
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Centerville is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Daniel
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Daniel is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daniel
- Hogan
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Hogan is located in Oglethorpe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hogan
- Lincoln Heights
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Lincoln Heights is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Heights
- Linesville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Linesville is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linesville
- Wise ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Wise is located in Oglethorpe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wise
How Far From Rayle to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a town such as Rayle to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Rayle and extending to:
- Washington, which is the Seat of Wilkes County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Rayle to Washington, with an average speed<2> 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 85 miles [136.8 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 480 miles [772.5 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 19 days and walking would take 28 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,373 miles [10,256.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,072 miles [11,381.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,952 miles [7,969.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Rayle) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Rayle 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 Rayle. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.7907, Longitude: -82.9036 In this case, the coordinates for Rayle have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.39 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.689 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.70 degrees. |
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