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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 Tallokas, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Tallokas 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 Tallokas:
- 30.993523, -83.615166
- 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 Tallokas
- 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 Brooks County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Brooks County
- Since Tallokas is near Colquitt County and also Thomas County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Colquitt County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Thomas 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 Tallokas
Curious and Interesting Names Near Tallokas ...
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.
- Barney
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Berlin
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Greggs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Greggs is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greggs
- Jerusalem ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Jerusalem is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerusalem
- Kennedy ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Kennedy is located in Brooks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennedy
- Pebble Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Pebble Hill is located in Brooks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pebble Hill
- Sand Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Sand Hill is located in Brooks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Hill
- Spain
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Spain is located in Brooks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spain
How Far From Tallokas 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 Tallokas 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 Tallokas once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Tallokas and extending to:
- Quitman, which is the Seat of Brooks County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Tallokas to Quitman, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day 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 195 miles [313.8 km] to the north northwest (NNW). 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 660 miles [1,062.2 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 26 days and walking would take 38 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,533 miles [10,513.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,221 miles [11,621.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,106 miles [8,217.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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> | 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 Tallokas, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 from Point A (ie- Tallokas) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Tallokas 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 Tallokas. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.9935, Longitude: -83.6152 In this case, the coordinates for Tallokas have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.669 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.617 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.634 degrees. |
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