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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 Southland, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Southland 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 Southland:
    • 32.400985, -84.227413
    • 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 Southland
  • 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 Taylor County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Taylor County
    • Since Southland is near Macon County and also Schley County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Macon County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Schley 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 Southland

Communities Also Named Southland ...

We found ten communities that are also named Southland.

Within Georgia, the name Southland is unique.

Beyond Georgia, we know of ten communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Craighead County
      • This Southland is located in Craighead County and lies 427 miles [687.2 km]<1> to the northwest of the Southland that is located in Taylor County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Craighead County community of Southland.
      • Phillips County
      • This Southland is located in Phillips County and lies 399 miles [642.1 km] to the west northwest of the Southland that is located in Taylor County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Phillips County community of Southland.
    • Florida
      • Charlotte 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 Florida community of Southland [Charlotte County].
      • Hillsborough County
      • This Southland is located in Hillsborough County and lies 325 miles [523 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Southland that is located in Taylor County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Southland.
    • Kentucky
      • Fayette County
      • This Southland is located in Fayette County and lies 388 miles [624.4 km]<1> to the north of the Southland that is located in Taylor County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Southland.
      • Knox 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 Kentucky community of Southland [Knox County].
    • Michigan
      • Lenawee County
      • This Southland is located in Lenawee County and lies 644 miles [1,036.4 km]<1> to the north of the Southland that is located in Taylor County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lenawee County community of Southland.
    • Mississippi
      • Prentiss 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 Mississippi community of Southland [Prentiss County].
    • Texas
      • Garza County
      • This Southland is located in Garza County and lies 1,005 miles [1,617.4 km]<1> to the west of the Southland that is located in Taylor County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Garza County community of Southland.
      • Wharton 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 Texas community of Southland [Wharton County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Southland ...

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.

  • Bumphead
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Bumphead is located in Schley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bumphead
  • Butler
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Clearview
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Clearview is located in Macon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearview
  • Cutoff
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Cutoff is located in Macon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutoff
  • Five Points
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Five Points is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
  • Fountainville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Fountainville is located in Macon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountainville
  • Four Points
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Four Points is located in Macon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Points
  • Garden Valley
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Garden Valley is located in Macon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Valley
  • Hicks
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Hicks is located in Macon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hicks
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Ideal
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • La Crosse
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • La Crosse is located in Schley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Crosse
    • Montezuma
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Panhandle
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Panhandle is located in Taylor County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panhandle
    • Potterville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Potterville is located in Taylor County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potterville
    • Travelers Rest
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Travelers Rest is located in Macon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Travelers Rest

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

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

  • Butler, which is the Seat of Taylor County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Southland to Butler, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 93 miles [149.7 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 602 miles [968.8 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 6,494 miles [10,451.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,191 miles [11,572.8 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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Southland) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Southland 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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Southland 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 Southland. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.4010, Longitude: -84.2274       In this case, the coordinates for Southland have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.096 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.307 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.542 degrees.