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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 Tempy, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Tempy 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 Tempy:
- 31.448792, -83.817398
- 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 Tempy
- 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 Worth County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Worth County
- Since Tempy is near Colquitt County and also Tift 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 Tift 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 Tempy
Curious and Interesting Names Near Tempy ...
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.
- Doerun
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Gordy
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Gordy is located in Worth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordy
- Indian Cove ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Indian Cove is located in Worth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Cove
- Liberty Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Liberty Hill is located in Worth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hill
- Minnesota
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Minnesota is located in Colquitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnesota
- Red Rock
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Red Rock is located in Worth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Rock
- Scooterville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Scooterville is located in Worth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scooterville
- Shingler
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Shingler is located in Worth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shingler
- Ty Ty
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
How Far From Tempy 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 Tempy to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Tempy and extending to:
- Sylvester, which is the Seat of Worth County, lies just to the North.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 162 miles [260.7 km]<2> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from Tempy 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 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 640 miles [1,030 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 25 days and walking would take 37 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,521 miles [10,494.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,211 miles [11,605 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,095 miles [8,199.6 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- Tempy) 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 Tempy 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 Tempy. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.4488, Longitude: -83.8174 In this case, the coordinates for Tempy have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.809 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.843 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.606 degrees. |
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