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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 Statham Shoals, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Statham Shoals 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 Statham Shoals:
- 31.966846, -83.282934
- 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 Statham Shoals
- 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 Wilcox County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wilcox County
- Since Statham Shoals is near Dodge County and also Ben Hill County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dodge County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ben Hill 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 Statham Shoals
Curious and Interesting Names Near Statham Shoals ...
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.
- Five Points
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Five Points is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Forest Glen
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Forest Glen is located in Wilcox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Glen
- Kramer
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Kramer is located in Wilcox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kramer
- Poplar Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Poplar Hill is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Hill
- Queensland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Queensland is located in Ben Hill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queensland
- Rhine
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Temperance
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Temperance is located in Telfair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temperance
- Union
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Union is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
How Far From Statham Shoals 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 Statham Shoals to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Statham Shoals and extending to:
- Abbeville, which is the Seat of Wilcox County, lies just to the Northwest.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 139 miles [223.7 km]<2> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from Statham Shoals to Atlanta, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 593 miles [954.3 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 24 days and walking would take 34 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,473 miles [10,417.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,165 miles [11,530.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,048 miles [8,124 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 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Statham Shoals) 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 Statham Shoals 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 Statham Shoals. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.9668, Longitude: -83.2829 In this case, the coordinates for Statham Shoals have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.535 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.598 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.292 degrees. |
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