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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 Shinglers, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Shinglers 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 Shinglers:
- 31.770457, -83.624056
- 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 Shinglers
- 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 Turner County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Turner County
- Since Shinglers is near Crisp County and also Wilcox County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Crisp County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wilcox 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 Shinglers
Curious and Interesting Names Near Shinglers ...
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.
- Armboy
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Armboy is located in Turner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armboy
- Cold Springs ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Cold Springs is located in Turner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Springs
- Cuffietown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Cuffietown is located in Worth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuffietown
- Estimated population in 2019: 186 people
- Dakota
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Dakota is located in Turner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dakota
- Double Run
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Double Run is located in Wilcox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Double Run
- Five Points
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Five Points is located in Turner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Flat Ford
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Flat Ford is located in Irwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Ford
- High Springs ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- High Springs is located in Turner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Springs
- Hobby
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hobby is located in Turner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobby
- Estimated population in 2019: 536 people
- Rebecca
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Worth
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Worth is located in Turner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worth
How Far From Shinglers 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 Shinglers to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<2> community of Shinglers once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Shinglers and extending to:
- Ashburn, which is the Seat of Turner County, lies just to the South Southwest.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 144 miles [231.7 km]<3> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from Shinglers 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 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 615 miles [989.7 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 24 days and walking would take 35 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,497 miles [10,455.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,189 miles [11,569.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,072 miles [8,162.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Shinglers, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Shinglers) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Shinglers 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 Shinglers. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.7705, Longitude: -83.6241 In this case, the coordinates for Shinglers have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.718 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.782 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.463 degrees. |
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