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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 Thrift, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Thrift 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 Thrift:
- 32.699052, -82.055951
- 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 Thrift
- 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 Jenkins County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jenkins County
- Since Thrift is near Emanuel County and also Bulloch County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Emanuel County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bulloch 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 Thrift
Communities Also Named Thrift ...
We found five communities that are also named Thrift.
There is one other community in Georgia that is also named Thrift.
Beyond Georgia, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Located In Georgia ...
- Emanuel County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Thrift [Emanuel County].
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Maryland
- Prince George's County
- This Thrift is located in Prince George's County and lies 505 miles [812.7 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Thrift that is located in Jenkins County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Prince George's County community of Thrift.
- North Carolina
- Mecklenburg County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Thrift [Mecklenburg County].
- Texas
- Wichita County
- This Thrift is located in Wichita County and lies 958 miles [1,541.8 km]<2> to the west of the Thrift that is located in Jenkins County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wichita County community of Thrift.
- Washington
- Pierce County
- This Thrift is located in Pierce County and lies 2,316 miles [3,727.2 km]<2> to the northwest of the Thrift that is located in Jenkins County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pierce County community of Thrift.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Thrift ...
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.
- Aaron
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Aaron is located in Bulloch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aaron
- Birdsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Birdsville is located in Jenkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdsville
- Butts
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Butts is located in Jenkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butts
- Four Points
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Four Points is located in Jenkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Points
- Kites Spur ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Kites Spur is located in Bulloch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kites Spur
- Estimated population in 2019: 227 people
- Piddleville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Piddleville is located in Bulloch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piddleville
- Rogers
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Rogers is located in Jenkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers
- Three Points
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Three Points is located in Emanuel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Points
- Twin City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
How Far From Thrift to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Thrift to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Thrift and extending to:
- Millen, which is the Seat of Jenkins County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Thrift to Millen, with an average speed<4> 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 153 miles [246.2 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 511 miles [822.4 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 29 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,386 miles [10,277.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,077 miles [11,389.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,961 miles [7,984 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Thrift could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Thrift) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Thrift 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 Thrift. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.6991, Longitude: -82.0560 In this case, the coordinates for Thrift have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.871 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.937 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.662 degrees. |
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