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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 Sofkee, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sofkee 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 Sofkee:
- 30.801582, -84.303515
- 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 Sofkee
- 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 Grady County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Grady County
- Since Sofkee is near Gadsden County and also Leon County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Gadsden County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Leon 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 Sofkee
Communities Also Named Sofkee ...
We found one communities that are also named Sofkee.
There is one other community in Georgia that is also named Sofkee.
Beyond Georgia.
- Communities Located In Georgia ...
- Bibb County
- This Sofkee is located in Bibb County and lies 138 miles [222.1 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Sofkee that is located in Grady County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bibb County community of Sofkee.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sofkee ...
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.
- Amsterdam
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Amsterdam is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amsterdam
- Cairo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Calvary
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Climax
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Good Hope ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Good Hope is located in Grady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Hope
- Estimated population in 2019: 300 people
- Long Branch
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Long Branch is located in Grady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Branch
- Magnolia
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Magnolia is located in Grady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
- Orange Springs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Orange Springs is located in Grady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Springs
- Pleasant Hill ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Grady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Providence
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Providence is located in Grady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Rocky Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Rocky Hill is located in Grady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Hill
- Roddenberry
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Roddenberry is located in Grady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roddenberry
How Far From Sofkee 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 Sofkee 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<3> community of Sofkee once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Sofkee and extending to:
- Cairo, which is the Seat of Grady County, lies just to the Northeast.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 203 miles [326.7 km]<1> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from Sofkee to Atlanta, with an average speed<4>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 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 693 miles [1,115.3 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 27 days and walking would take 40 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,572 miles [10,576.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,261 miles [11,685.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,146 miles [8,281.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Sofkee) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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 Sofkee, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 Sofkee 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 Sofkee. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.8016, Longitude: -84.3035 In this case, the coordinates for Sofkee have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.044 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.024 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.923 degrees. |
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