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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 Tate City, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Tate City 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 Tate City:
- 34.981759, -83.554327
- 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 Tate City
- 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 Towns County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Towns County
- Since Tate City is near Rabun County and also Macon County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rabun County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Macon 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 Tate City
Curious and Interesting Names Near Tate City ...
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.
- Elf
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Elf is located in Clay County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elf
- Germany
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Germany is located in Rabun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germany
- Hunt ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Hunt is located in Towns County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunt
- Mountain City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mountain Scene
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mountain Scene is located in Towns County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Scene
- Orlando
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Orlando is located in Macon County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orlando
- Otto
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Persimmon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Persimmon is located in Rabun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Persimmon
- Rainbow Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Rainbow Springs is located in Macon County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainbow Springs
- Shooting Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Shooting Creek is located in Clay County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shooting Creek
- Sky Valley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Tiger
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Union
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Union is located in Macon County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
How Far From Tate City to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Tate City to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Tate City and extending to:
- Hiawassee, which is the Seat of Towns County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Tate City to Hiawassee, 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 97 miles [156.1 km] to the south southwest (SSW). 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 449 miles [722.6 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 18 days and walking would take 26 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,347 miles [10,214.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,052 miles [11,349.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,929 miles [7,932.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Tate City) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Tate City 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 Tate City. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.9818, Longitude: -83.5543 In this case, the coordinates for Tate City have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.803 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.334 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.646 degrees. |
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