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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 Bluff Ferry, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Town Bluff Ferry 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 Bluff Ferry:
- 31.955188, -82.513188
- 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 Bluff Ferry
- 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 Jeff Davis County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jeff Davis County
- Since Town Bluff Ferry is near Toombs County and also Montgomery County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Toombs County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Montgomery 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 Bluff Ferry
Curious and Interesting Names Near Town Bluff Ferry ...
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.
- Cedar Crossing
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cedar Crossing is located in Toombs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Crossing
- Charlotteville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Charlotteville is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlotteville
- English Eddy
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- English Eddy is located in Toombs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Eddy
- Falling Rocks
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Falling Rocks is located in Appling County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falling Rocks
- Graham
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Graham is located in Appling County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 289 people
- Grays Landing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Grays Landing is located in Toombs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grays Landing
- Jordan
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Jordan is located in Wheeler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan
- Long Pond
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Long Pond is located in Wheeler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Pond
- Lumber City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Lumber City Ferry
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Lumber City Ferry is located in Jeff Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lumber City Ferry
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,257 people
- Manns Ferry
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Manns Ferry is located in Jeff Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manns Ferry
- Piney Bluff Ferry
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Piney Bluff Ferry is located in Appling County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Bluff Ferry
- Rock Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Rock Springs is located in Toombs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Springs
How Far From Town Bluff Ferry 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 Bluff Ferry to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Town Bluff Ferry and extending to:
- Hazlehurst, which is the Seat of Jeff Davis County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 165 miles [265.5 km]<2> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Town Bluff Ferry to Atlanta, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about 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 569 miles [915.7 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 23 days and walking would take 33 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,440 miles [10,364.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,129 miles [11,473 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,014 miles [8,069.3 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 '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- Town Bluff Ferry) 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 Town Bluff Ferry 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 Bluff Ferry. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.9552, Longitude: -82.5132 In this case, the coordinates for Town Bluff Ferry have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.10 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.096 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.015 degrees. |
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