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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 Town and Country Acres, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Town and Country Acres 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 Town and Country Acres:
- 31.544619, -84.197131
- 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 Town and Country Acres
- 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 Dougherty County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dougherty County
- Since Town and Country Acres is near Lee County and also Mitchell County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lee County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mitchell 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 Town and Country Acres
Curious and Interesting Names Near Town and Country Acres ...
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.
- Audubon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Audubon is located in Dougherty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Audubon
- Cedar Lake
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Lake is located in Dougherty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Lake
- Cherokee Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Cherokee Heights is located in Dougherty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Heights
- Clearview
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Clearview is located in Dougherty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearview
- Coachman Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Coachman Park is located in Dougherty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coachman Park
- Dixieland
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Dixieland is located in Dougherty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixieland
- Evergreen
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Evergreen is located in Dougherty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
- Forest Park
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Forest Park is located in Dougherty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Park
- Four Points
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Four Points is located in Dougherty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Points
- Garden Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Garden Hill is located in Dougherty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Hill
- Gordon Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Gordon Heights is located in Dougherty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon Heights
- Hillcrest
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Hillcrest is located in Dougherty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Hillside
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Hillside is located in Dougherty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside
- Hinds
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hinds is located in Dougherty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinds
- Estimated population in 2019: 33,273 people
- Indian Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Indian Creek is located in Dougherty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Creek
- Lincoln Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Lincoln Heights is located in Dougherty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Heights
- Lockett Crossing
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Lockett Crossing is located in Dougherty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockett Crossing
- Merry Acres
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Merry Acres is located in Dougherty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merry Acres
- North Slappy Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- North Slappy Heights is located in Dougherty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Slappy Heights
- Radium Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Radium Springs is located in Dougherty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radium Springs
- Ragsdale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ragsdale is located in Dougherty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ragsdale
- River Road
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- River Road is located in Dougherty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Road
- Riverview
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Riverview is located in Dougherty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
- Sunnyland
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Sunnyland is located in Dougherty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyland
- Valley Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Valley Park is located in Dougherty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Park
- Wildcross
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Wildcross is located in Dougherty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildcross
- Winterwood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Winterwood is located in Dougherty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winterwood
How Far From Town and Country Acres 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 Town and Country Acres to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Town and Country Acres and extending to:
- Albany, which is the Seat of Dougherty County, lies just to the North Northeast.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 152 miles [244.6 km]<1> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from Town and Country Acres to Atlanta, with an average speed<2>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 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 648 miles [1,042.9 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 26 days and walking would take 37 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,533 miles [10,513.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,225 miles [11,627.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,108 miles [8,220.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Town and Country Acres) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Town and Country Acres 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 Town and Country Acres. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.5446, Longitude: -84.1971 In this case, the coordinates for Town and Country Acres have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.031 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.112 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.723 degrees. |
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