Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Tippettville:
  • 32.098781, -83.614060
  • 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 Tippettville

• 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 Dooly County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Dooly County
  • Since Tippettville is near Wilcox County and also Pulaski County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Wilcox County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Pulaski 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 Tippettville

Curious and Interesting Names Near Tippettville ...

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.

• Double Run
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Double Run is located in Wilcox County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Double Run
• Five Points
  (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Five Points is located in Wilcox County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
• Goose Neck
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Goose Neck is located in Pulaski County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goose Neck
• Kramer
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Kramer is located in Wilcox County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kramer
• Lamb Town
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Lamb Town is located in Crisp County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamb Town
• Lilly
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Lilly is located in Dooly County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lilly
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 192 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lilly <1>
• Mars Hill Crossroads
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Mars Hill Crossroads is located in Dooly County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mars Hill Crossroads
• Richwood
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Richwood is located in Dooly County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richwood
• Snow Spring
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Snow Spring is located in Dooly County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Spring
• Sugar Hill
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Sugar Hill is located in Dooly County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Hill

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

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

• Vienna, which is the Seat of Dooly County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Tippettville to Vienna, with an average speed<3> 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 122 miles [196.3 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 597 miles [960.8 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 24 days and walking would take 34 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,482 miles [10,431.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,175 miles [11,547 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,057 miles [8,138.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'