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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 Scarboro, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Scarboro 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 Scarboro:
- 32.712986, -81.875155
- 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 Scarboro
- 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 Jenkins County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jenkins County
- Since Scarboro is near Screven County and also Bulloch County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Screven County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bulloch 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 Scarboro
Communities Also Named Scarboro ...
We found seven communities that are also named Scarboro.
There is one other community in Georgia that is also named Scarboro.
Beyond Georgia, we know of six communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Located In Georgia ...
- Screven County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Scarboro [Screven County].
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
- Hillsborough County
- This Scarboro is located in Hillsborough County and lies 346 miles [556.8 km]<2> to the south of the Scarboro that is located in Jenkins County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Scarboro.
- Illinois
- Lee County
- This Scarboro is located in Lee County and lies 738 miles [1,187.7 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Scarboro that is located in Jenkins County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lee County community of Scarboro.
- Maryland
- Harford County
- This Scarboro is located in Harford County and lies 570 miles [917.3 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Scarboro that is located in Jenkins County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harford County community of Scarboro.
- Worcester County
- This Scarboro is located in Worcester County and lies 522 miles [840.1 km] to the northeast of the Scarboro that is located in Jenkins County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Worcester County community of Scarboro.
- Tennessee
- Anderson County
- This Scarboro is located in Anderson County and lies 262 miles [421.6 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Scarboro that is located in Jenkins County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anderson County community of Scarboro.
- Wisconsin
- Kewaunee County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Scarboro [Kewaunee County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Scarboro ...
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.
- Aaron
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bland ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Bland is located in Bulloch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bland
- Butts
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Butts is located in Jenkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butts
- Donegal
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Donegal is located in Bulloch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donegal
- Double Heads
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Double Heads is located in Screven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Double Heads
- Dover
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Four Points
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Four Points is located in Jenkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Points
- Hopeulikit
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Hopeulikit is located in Bulloch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopeulikit
- Kites Spur ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Kites Spur is located in Bulloch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kites Spur
- Estimated population in 2019: 227 people
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Lewis
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lewis is located in Screven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis
- Piddleville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Piddleville is located in Bulloch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piddleville
- Portal
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Rocky Ford
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rogers
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Rogers is located in Jenkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers
- Thrift
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Thrift is located in Jenkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thrift
- Estimated population in 2019: 2,623 people
How Far From Scarboro 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 Scarboro to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Scarboro and extending to:
- Millen, which is the Seat of Jenkins County, lies just to the Northwest.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 162 miles [260.7 km]<2> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Scarboro to Atlanta, with an average speed<4>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 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 505 miles [812.7 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 29 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,378 miles [10,264.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,068 miles [11,374.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,952 miles [7,969.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Scarboro 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. |
| <2> | 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- Scarboro) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Scarboro 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 Scarboro. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.7130, Longitude: -81.8752 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.77 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.822 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.592 degrees. |
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