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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 Southern Junction, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Southern Junction and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Southern Junction:
    • 31.231618, -81.518714
    • 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 Southern Junction
  • 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 Southern Junction ...

We found three communities that share the name Southern Junction.

Within Georgia, the name Southern Junction is unique.

Beyond Georgia, we know of another three communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Houston County
      • This Southern Junction is located in Houston County and lies 233 miles [375 km]<1> to the west of the Southern Junction that is located in Glynn County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Houston County community of Southern Junction.
    • Colorado
      • Pueblo County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Southern Junction [Pueblo County].
    • Michigan
      • Wayne County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Southern Junction [Wayne County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Southern Junction ...

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.

  • Clover Heights
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clover Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Heights
    • Clover Heights is located in Glynn County
  • College Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for College Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Park
    • College Park is located in Glynn County
  • Dock Junction
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dock Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dock Junction
    • Dock Junction is located in Glynn County
  • Gordon Heights
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gordon Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon Heights
    • Gordon Heights is located in Glynn County
  • Groveside Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Groveside Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groveside Park
    • Groveside Park is located in Glynn County
    • Estimated population in 2019: 15,152 people
  • High Hill Lake
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for High Hill Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Hill Lake
    • High Hill Lake is located in Glynn County
  • Magnolia Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Magnolia Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia Park
    • Magnolia Park is located in Glynn County
  • Oak Bluff
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oak Bluff have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Bluff
    • Oak Bluff is located in Glynn County
  • Parade Rest
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Parade Rest have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parade Rest
    • Parade Rest is located in Glynn County
  • Pine Ridge
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pine Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Ridge
    • Pine Ridge is located in Glynn County
  • Pyles Marsh
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pyles Marsh have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pyles Marsh
    • Pyles Marsh is located in Glynn County

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Southern Junction and extending to:

  • Brunswick, which is the Seat of Glynn County, lies just to the South Southeast.
  • Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 241 miles [387.9 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Southern Junction to Atlanta, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take nearly four hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 14 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 10 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 586 miles [943.1 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 23 days and walking would take 34 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,428 miles [10,344.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,111 miles [11,444 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,999 miles [8,045.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>

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

The official website for Glynn County: www.glynncounty.org/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Southern Junction) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Southern Junction. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.2316, Longitude: -81.5187       In this case, the coordinates for Southern Junction have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek 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 Southern Junction 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.
<3>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.
<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 Southern Junction to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.518 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.323 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.839 degrees.




 

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