Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Strum Bay, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Strum Bay and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Strum Bay
- 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 Strum Bay:
- 32.021037, -81.635947
- 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 Strum Bay
- 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 Liberty County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Liberty County
- Since Strum Bay is near Bryan County and also Tattnall County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Bryan County
- eBird sighting report for Tattnall 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:
- Waymark.com
Curious and Interesting Names Near Strum Bay ...
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.
- Creek Island
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Creek Island have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creek Island
- Creek Island is located in Liberty County
- Dukes ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west) - Easterling ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Easterling have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easterling
- Easterling is located in Tattnall County
- Evergreen
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south) - Garden Heights
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Garden Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Heights
- Garden Heights is located in Liberty County
- Groveland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest) - Gum Branch
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gum Branch have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Branch
- Gum Branch is located in Liberty County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 269 people
- Hidden Pines
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hidden Pines have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Pines
- Hidden Pines is located in Liberty County
- Kent ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west) - Martin Woods
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Martin Woods have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin Woods
- Martin Woods is located in Liberty County
- Estimated population in 2019: 383 people
- Martins ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south) - Moodys Crossing ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Moodys Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moodys Crossing
- Moodys Crossing is located in Tattnall County
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- Sandy Run
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south) - Smiley ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest) - Smiley Crossroads
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Smiley Crossroads have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smiley Crossroads
- Smiley Crossroads is located in Long County
- Strain ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west) - Trinity
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast) - Wildwood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Sandy Run
How Far From Strum Bay 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 Strum Bay to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<2> community of Strum Bay once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Strum Bay and extending to:
- Hinesville, which is the Seat of Liberty County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Strum Bay to Hinesville, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 199 miles [320.3 km] to the northwest (NW). 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 12 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 540 miles [869 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 21 days and walking would take 31 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,398 miles [10,296.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,085 miles [11,402.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,971 miles [8,000 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for State of Georgia: https://georgia.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Strum Bay, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- Strum Bay) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Strum Bay. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.0210, Longitude: -81.6359 In this case, the coordinates for Strum Bay have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Strum Bay 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 310.613 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.543 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.682 degrees. |