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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 Stalco, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Stalco 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 Stalco:
- 32.533510, -81.558719
- 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 Stalco
- 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 Screven County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Screven County
- Since Stalco is near Effingham County and also Bulloch County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Effingham County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bulloch 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 Stalco
Curious and Interesting Names Near Stalco ...
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.
- Donegal
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Donegal is located in Bulloch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donegal
- Dover
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Egypt
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Egypt is located in Effingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egypt
- Eureka
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Eureka is located in Bulloch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
- Eureka Springs ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Eureka Springs is located in Screven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka Springs
- Halcyondale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Halcyondale is located in Screven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halcyondale
- Hunters
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Hunters is located in Screven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters
- Kildare
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Kildare is located in Effingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kildare
- Oliver
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
How Far From Stalco 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 Stalco to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Stalco and extending to:
- Sylvania, which is the Seat of Screven County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<2> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Stalco to Sylvania, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 184 miles [296.1 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 507 miles [815.9 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 29 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,372 miles [10,254.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,060 miles [11,362 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,945 miles [7,958.2 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Stalco) 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 Stalco 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 Stalco. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.5335, Longitude: -81.5587 In this case, the coordinates for Stalco have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.586 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.586 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.523 degrees. |
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