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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 Slover, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Slover 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 Slover:
    • 31.553825, -81.940115
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Slover
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Slover ...

We found one communities that share the name Slover.

Within Georgia, the name Slover is unique.

Beyond Georgia, there is another community also named Slover in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Texas
      • Parker 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 Texas community of Slover [Parker County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Slover ...

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.

  • Doctortown
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Doctortown have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doctortown
    • Doctortown is located in Wayne County
  • Horse Ford
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Horse Ford have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Ford
    • Horse Ford is located in Long County
  • Hortense
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • K'Ville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for K'Ville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for K'Ville
    • K'Ville is located in Wayne County
  • Leake
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Leake have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leake
    • Leake is located in Wayne County
  • Needmore
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Needmore have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needmore
    • Needmore is located in Brantley County
  • Offerman
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Paradise Park
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Paradise Park have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Park
    • Paradise Park is located in Wayne County
  • Piney Grove
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Piney Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Grove
    • Piney Grove is located in Wayne County
  • Sun Hill
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sun Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Hill
    • Sun Hill is located in Wayne County

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Slover and extending to:

  • Jesup, which is the Seat of Wayne County, lies just to the Northeast.
  • Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 208 miles [334.7 km]<4> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Slover to Atlanta, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 12 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 9 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 577 miles [928.6 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,433 miles [10,352.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,118 miles [11,455.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,005 miles [8,054.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Slover. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Wayne County: www.co.wayne.ga.us/

The official website for State of Georgia: https://georgia.gov/

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 Slover 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>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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- Slover) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Slover. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.5538, Longitude: -81.9401       In this case, the coordinates for Slover have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>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.
<6>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 Slover to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.763 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.651 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.907 degrees.




 

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