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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 Road Pecan Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Road Pecan Park 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 Road Pecan Park:
- 31.562397, -84.129907
- 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 Road Pecan Park
- 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 Dougherty County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dougherty County
- Since Road Pecan Park is near Lee County and also Worth County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lee County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Worth 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 Road Pecan Park
Curious and Interesting Names Near Road Pecan Park ...
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.
- Clearview
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Clearview is located in Dougherty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearview
- Coachman Park
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Coachman Park is located in Dougherty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coachman Park
- Colonial Village
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Colonial Village is located in Dougherty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village
- Dixieland
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Dixieland is located in Dougherty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixieland
- Eleanor Village
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Eleanor Village is located in Dougherty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eleanor Village
- Five Points
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Five Points is located in Dougherty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Four Points
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Four Points is located in Dougherty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Points
- Garden Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Garden Hill is located in Dougherty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Hill
- Grove Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Grove Park is located in Dougherty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Park
- Hillside
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Hillside is located in Dougherty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside
- Hinds
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hinds is located in Dougherty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinds
- Estimated population in 2019: 33,273 people
- Lincoln Heights
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Lincoln Heights is located in Dougherty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Heights
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Pecan Haven
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Pecan Haven is located in Dougherty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecan Haven
- Radium Gardens
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Radium Gardens is located in Dougherty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radium Gardens
- Radium Springs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Radium Springs is located in Dougherty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radium Springs
- Ragsdale
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Ragsdale is located in Dougherty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ragsdale
- River Road
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- River Road is located in Dougherty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Road
- Riverview
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Riverview is located in Dougherty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
- Rolling Groves
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Rolling Groves is located in Dougherty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Groves
- Sunnyland
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Sunnyland is located in Dougherty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyland
How Far From Road Pecan Park 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 community such as Road Pecan Park to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Road Pecan Park and extending to:
- Albany, which is the Seat of Dougherty County, lies just to the West Northwest.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 152 miles [244.6 km]<1> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from Road Pecan Park to Atlanta, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 644 miles [1,036.4 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 26 days and walking would take 37 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,529 miles [10,507.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,221 miles [11,621.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,104 miles [8,214.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Road Pecan Park) 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 Road Pecan Park 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 Road Pecan Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.5624, Longitude: -84.1299 In this case, the coordinates for Road Pecan Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.993 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.072 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.695 degrees. |
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