Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Tarversville:
  • 32.540149, -83.439898
  • 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 Tarversville

• 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 Twiggs County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Twiggs County
  • Since Tarversville is near Bleckley County and also Houston County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Bleckley County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Houston 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 Tarversville

Curious and Interesting Names Near Tarversville ...

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.

• Creekside
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Creekside is located in Houston County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creekside
• Deerwood
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Deerwood is located in Houston County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerwood
• District Path
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • District Path is located in Twiggs County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for District Path
• Five Points
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Five Points is located in Bleckley County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
• Forest Pointe
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Forest Pointe is located in Houston County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Pointe
• Hickory Woods
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Hickory Woods is located in Houston County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Woods
• Holly Bluff
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Holly Bluff is located in Houston County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Bluff
• Kathleen
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Kathleen is located in Houston County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kathleen
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kathleen <1>
• Kings Crossing
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Kings Crossing is located in Houston County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Crossing
• Marion
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Marion is located in Twiggs County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
• Royal
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Royal is located in Bleckley County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal
  • Estimated population in 2019: 2,571 people
• Sand Bed
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Sand Bed is located in Houston County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Bed

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Tarversville and extending to:

• Jeffersonville, which is the Seat of Twiggs County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Tarversville to Jeffersonville, with an average speed<3> 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 100 miles [160.9 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 566 miles [910.9 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 23 days and walking would take 33 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,454 miles [10,386.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,148 miles [11,503.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,030 miles [8,095 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'