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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 Towalaga, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Towalaga 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 Towalaga:
- 33.314281, -84.204643
- 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 Towalaga
- 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 Spalding County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Spalding County
- Since Towalaga is near Henry County and also Butts County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Henry County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Butts 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 Towalaga
Curious and Interesting Names Near Towalaga ...
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.
- Birdie
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Birdie is located in Spalding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdie
- Crystal Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Crystal Springs is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Springs
- Experiment
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Greenwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Greenwood is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Griffin
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Locust Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Orchard Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Spalding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Sunny Side
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Unity Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Unity Grove is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unity Grove
- Woodlawn
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Woodlawn is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn
How Far From Towalaga 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 Towalaga to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Towalaga and extending to:
- Griffin, which is the Seat of Spalding County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 32 miles [51.5 km]<2> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could walk a straight line from Towalaga to Atlanta, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 555 miles [893.2 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just over a day, a buggy would take 22 days and walking would take 32 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,451 miles [10,381.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,152 miles [11,510 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,031 miles [8,096.6 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Towalaga) 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 Towalaga 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 Towalaga. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.3143, Longitude: -84.2046 In this case, the coordinates for Towalaga have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.127 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.471 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.32 degrees. |
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