Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Rudden, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Rudden and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Rudden

• 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 Rudden:
  • 33.438464, -83.333496
  • 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 Rudden

• 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 Putnam County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Putnam County
  • Since Rudden is near Morgan County and also Greene County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Morgan County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Greene 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 Rudden

Curious and Interesting Names Near Rudden ...

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.

• Bethany
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Bethany is located in Morgan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany
• Comfort ‑ Historic
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Comfort is located in Greene County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comfort
  • Estimated population in 2019: 7,085 people
• Flat Rock ‑ Historic
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Flat Rock is located in Greene County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
• Harmony
  (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Harmony is located in Putnam County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
• Hunts
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Hunts is located in Putnam County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunts
• Imperial
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Imperial is located in Putnam County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Imperial
• Liberty
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Liberty is located in Greene County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
• Parks Ferry
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Parks Ferry is located in Morgan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parks Ferry
• Parks Mill
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Parks Mill is located in Morgan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parks Mill
• Rockville
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Rockville is located in Putnam County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
• Sugar Creek
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Sugar Creek is located in Morgan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Creek
• Swords
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Swords is located in Morgan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swords

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Rudden and extending to:

• Eatonton, which is the Seat of Putnam County, lies just to the South Southwest.
• Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 64 miles [103 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could walk a straight line from Rudden to Atlanta, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 514 miles [827.2 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 20 days and walking would take 30 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,408 miles [10,312.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,106 miles [11,436 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,986 miles [8,024.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'