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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 Sapelo Island, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sapelo Island 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 Sapelo Island:
- 31.397448, -81.278706
- 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 Sapelo Island
- 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 McIntosh County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for McIntosh County
- Since Sapelo Island is near Glynn County and also Liberty County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Glynn County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Liberty 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 Sapelo Island
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sapelo Island ...
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.
- Cedar Point
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Point is located in McIntosh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Point
- Crescent
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Evelyn
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Evelyn is located in Glynn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evelyn
- German Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- German Village is located in Glynn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for German Village
- Marshes-of-Mackay
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Marshes-of-Mackay is located in Glynn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshes-of-Mackay
- Meridian
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Raccoon Bluff
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Raccoon Bluff is located in McIntosh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raccoon Bluff
- Shellman Bluff
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Village Bluff
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Village Bluff is located in Glynn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village Bluff
How Far From Sapelo Island to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Sapelo Island to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Sapelo Island and extending to:
- Darien, which is the Seat of McIntosh County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Sapelo Island to Darien, with an average speed<3> 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 243 miles [391.1 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 570 miles [917.3 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving 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 6,410 miles [10,315.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,092 miles [11,413.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,981 miles [8,016.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Sapelo Island) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Sapelo Island 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 Sapelo Island. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.3974, Longitude: -81.2787 In this case, the coordinates for Sapelo Island have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.393 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.202 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.714 degrees. |
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