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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 Shewmake, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Shewmake 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 Shewmake:
- 32.514057, -83.034592
- 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 Shewmake
- 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 Laurens County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Laurens County
- Since Shewmake is near Bleckley County and also Dodge County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bleckley County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dodge 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 Shewmake
Curious and Interesting Names Near Shewmake ...
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.
- Chester
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Condor
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Condor is located in Laurens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Condor
- Cooktown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Cooktown is located in Wilkinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooktown
- Dublin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Five Points
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Five Points is located in Laurens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Holly Hills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Holly Hills is located in Laurens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Hills
- Mayberry ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Mayberry is located in Laurens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayberry
- Nameless
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Nameless is located in Laurens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nameless
- Springhaven ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Springhaven is located in Laurens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springhaven
How Far From Shewmake 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 Shewmake to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Shewmake and extending to:
- Dublin, which is the Seat of Laurens County, lies just to the East Northeast.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 116 miles [186.7 km]<2> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Shewmake to Atlanta, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 554 miles [891.6 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 22 days and walking would take 32 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,437 miles [10,359.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,131 miles [11,476.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,013 miles [8,067.6 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 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Shewmake) 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 Shewmake 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 Shewmake. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.5141, Longitude: -83.0346 In this case, the coordinates for Shewmake have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.419 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.542 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.07 degrees. |
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