Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Starling Ford, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Starling Ford and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Starling Ford

• 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 Starling Ford:
  • 30.779656, -82.824582
  • 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 Starling Ford

• 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 Echols County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Echols County
  • Since Starling Ford is near Clinch County and also Hamilton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Clinch County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Hamilton 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 Starling Ford

Curious and Interesting Names Near Starling Ford ...

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.

• Alexis
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Alexis is located in Echols County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alexis
• Colon
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Colon is located in Clinch County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colon
• Fruitland
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Fruitland is located in Echols County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitland
• Haylow
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Haylow is located in Echols County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haylow
• Magnolia
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Magnolia is located in Clinch County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
• Mayday
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Mayday is located in Echols County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayday
• Needmore
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Needmore is located in Echols County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needmore
• New Ford
  (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • New Ford is located in Echols County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Ford
• Potter
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Potter is located in Echols County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter
  • Estimated population in 2019: 870 people

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Starling Ford and extending to:

• Statenville, which is the Seat of Echols County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Starling Ford to Statenville, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours 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 224 miles [360.5 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 649 miles [1,044.5 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 26 days and walking would take 37 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,507 miles [10,472 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,192 miles [11,574.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,079 miles [8,173.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'