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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 The Rubicon, we use the following websites to find information relevant to The Rubicon 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 The Rubicon:
    • 33.350673, -84.538816
    • 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 The Rubicon
  • 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 Fayette County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Fayette County
    • Since The Rubicon is near Coweta County and also Spalding County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Coweta County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Spalding 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 The Rubicon

Communities Also Named The Rubicon ...

We found four communities that are also named The Rubicon.

Within Georgia, the name The Rubicon is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Saline County
      • This The Rubicon is located in Saline County and lies 479 miles [770.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the The Rubicon that is located in Fayette County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saline County community of The Rubicon.
    • Idaho
      • Adams County
      • This The Rubicon is located in Adams County and lies 1,867 miles [3,004.6 km]<1> to the northwest of the The Rubicon that is located in Fayette County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Adams County community of The Rubicon.
    • North Carolina
      • Moore County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of The Rubicon [Moore County].
    • Wisconsin
      • Dodge County
      • This The Rubicon is located in Dodge County and lies 721 miles [1,160.3 km]<1> to the north northwest of the The Rubicon that is located in Fayette County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dodge County community of The Rubicon.

Curious and Interesting Names Near The Rubicon ...

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.

  • Chestnutfield
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Chestnutfield is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnutfield
  • Clover
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Clover is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover
  • Clover Reach
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Clover Reach is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Reach
  • Crescent Oak
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Crescent Oak is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent Oak
  • Fetlock Meadows
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Fetlock Meadows is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fetlock Meadows
  • Fishers Bank
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Fishers Bank is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishers Bank
  • Jennings Yard
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Jennings Yard is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jennings Yard
  • Meadow Run
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Meadow Run is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Run
  • Overlook
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Overlook is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overlook
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Peachtree Walk
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Peachtree Walk is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peachtree Walk
    • Rockspray
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Rockspray is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockspray
    • Sawmill Trace
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Sawmill Trace is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawmill Trace
    • Spyglass Hill
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Spyglass Hill is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spyglass Hill
    • Sweetwater Oaks
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Sweetwater Oaks is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetwater Oaks
    • Tapestry
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Tapestry is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tapestry

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

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

  • Fayetteville, which is the Seat of Fayette County, lies just to the Northeast.
  • Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 29 miles [46.7 km]<1> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could walk a straight line from The Rubicon to Atlanta, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 566 miles [910.9 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just over a day, a buggy would take 23 days and walking would take 33 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,464 miles [10,402.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,165 miles [11,530.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,044 miles [8,117.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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- The Rubicon) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 The Rubicon 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.
<3>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.
<4>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 The Rubicon 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 The Rubicon. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.3507, Longitude: -84.5388       In this case, the coordinates for The Rubicon have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.324 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.703 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.44 degrees.