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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 Sunsweet, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sunsweet 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 Sunsweet:
- 31.569350, -83.565721
- 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 Sunsweet
- 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 Tift County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Tift County
- Since Sunsweet is near Turner County and also Irwin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Turner County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Irwin 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 Sunsweet
Communities Also Named Sunsweet ...
We found two communities that are also named Sunsweet.
Within Georgia, the name Sunsweet is unique.
Beyond Georgia, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- San Bernardino County
- This Sunsweet is located in San Bernardino County and lies 1,978 miles [3,183.3 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Sunsweet that is located in Tift County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Bernardino County community of Sunsweet.
- Oklahoma
- Craig County
- This Sunsweet is located in Craig County and lies 755 miles [1,215.1 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Sunsweet that is located in Tift County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Craig County community of Sunsweet.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sunsweet ...
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.
- Ferry Lake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Ferry Lake is located in Tift County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferry Lake
- Five Points
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Five Points is located in Turner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Flat Ford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Flat Ford is located in Irwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Ford
- Hobby
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hobby is located in Turner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobby
- Estimated population in 2019: 536 people
- Hoganville ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Hoganville is located in Tift County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoganville
- Irwinville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Kelltown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Kelltown is located in Tift County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelltown
- Pebblebrook
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Pebblebrook is located in Tift County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pebblebrook
- Shingler
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Shingler is located in Worth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shingler
- Ty Ty
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Unionville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Unionville is located in Tift County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
How Far From Sunsweet 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 Sunsweet to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Sunsweet and extending to:
- Tifton, which is the Seat of Tift County, lies just to the South Southeast.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 158 miles [254.3 km]<1> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from Sunsweet 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 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 625 miles [1,005.8 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 25 days and walking would take 36 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,504 miles [10,467.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,194 miles [11,577.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,078 miles [8,172.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Sunsweet) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Sunsweet 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 Sunsweet. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.5694, Longitude: -83.5657 In this case, the coordinates for Sunsweet have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.674 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.704 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.487 degrees. |
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