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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 Snow Spring, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Snow Spring 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 Snow Spring:
- 32.254328, -83.781566
- 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 Snow Spring
- 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 Dooly County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dooly County
- Since Snow Spring is near Houston County and also Macon County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Houston County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Macon 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 Snow Spring
Curious and Interesting Names Near Snow Spring ...
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.
- Fields
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Fields is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fields
- Five Points
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Five Points is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Four Points
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Four Points is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Points
- Grove Park
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Grove Park is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Park
- Lilly
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mars Hill Crossroads
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Meadowdale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Meadowdale is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowdale
- Montezuma
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Neal
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Neal is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neal
- Richwood
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Richwood is located in Dooly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richwood
- Sugar Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Sugar Hill is located in Dooly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Hill
- Travelers Rest
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Travelers Rest is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Travelers Rest
How Far From Snow Spring to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Snow Spring to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Snow Spring and extending to:
- Vienna, which is the Seat of Dooly County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Snow Spring to Vienna, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 109 miles [175.4 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 594 miles [956 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 24 days and walking would take 34 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,482 miles [10,431.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,176 miles [11,548.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,058 miles [8,140.1 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 from Point A (ie- Snow Spring) 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 Snow Spring 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 Snow Spring. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.2543, Longitude: -83.7816 In this case, the coordinates for Snow Spring have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.833 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.983 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.409 degrees. |
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