Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Saint Simons:
  • 31.135232, -81.390097
  • 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 Saint Simons

• 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 Glynn County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Glynn County
  • Since Saint Simons is near Camden County and also McIntosh County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Camden County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for McIntosh 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 Saint Simons

Curious and Interesting Names Near Saint Simons ...

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.

• El Dorado
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • El Dorado is located in Glynn County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Dorado
• Golf Retreat
  (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Golf Retreat is located in Glynn County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golf Retreat
• Island Retreat
  (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Island Retreat is located in Glynn County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island Retreat
• Kelvin Grove
  (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Kelvin Grove is located in Glynn County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelvin Grove
• King City
  (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • King City is located in Glynn County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King City
• Kings Terrace
  (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Kings Terrace is located in Glynn County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Terrace
  • Estimated population in 2019: 679 people
• Mallory Park
  (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Mallory Park is located in Glynn County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mallory Park
• Riverview
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Riverview is located in Glynn County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
• Sea Island
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Sea Island is located in Glynn County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sea Island
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sea Island <1>
• Silver Lake
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Silver Lake is located in Glynn County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Saint Simons and extending to:

• Brunswick, which is the Seat of Glynn County, lies just to the West.
• Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 251 miles [403.9 km]<2> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Saint Simons to Atlanta, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take nearly four hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 15 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 10 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 589 miles [947.9 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 23 days and walking would take 34 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,427 miles [10,343.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,108 miles [11,439.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,998 miles [8,043.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'