Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Surrency:
  • 31.725341, -82.196966
  • 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 Surrency

• 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 Appling County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Appling County
  • Since Surrency is near Wayne County and also Tattnall County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Wayne County
  • Open the 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:
  • Open the Waymark.com report for Surrency

Curious and Interesting Names Near Surrency ...

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.

• Bassville
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Bassville is located in Appling County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bassville
• Coffee
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Coffee is located in Bacon County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffee
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Coffee
  • From Surrency to Coffee
• Falling Rocks
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Falling Rocks is located in Appling County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falling Rocks
• Five Points
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Five Points is located in Tattnall County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
• K'Ville
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • K'Ville is located in Wayne County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for K'Ville
• Noble
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Noble is located in Long County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noble
• Piney Bluff Ferry
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Piney Bluff Ferry is located in Appling County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Bluff Ferry
• Piney Grove
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Piney Grove is located in Wayne County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Grove
• Spring Branch
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Spring Branch is located in Appling County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Branch
• Zion
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Zion is located in Appling County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion

How Far From Surrency 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 town such as Surrency to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

• Baxley, which is the Seat of Appling County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Surrency to Baxley, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
• Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 189 miles [304.2 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 11 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 574 miles [923.8 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 23 days and walking would take 33 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,436 miles [10,357.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,123 miles [11,463.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,009 miles [8,061.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'