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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 Twilight, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Twilight 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 Twilight:
- 31.086573, -84.732142
- 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 Twilight
- 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 Miller County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Miller County
- Since Twilight is near Decatur County and also Seminole County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Decatur County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Seminole 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 Twilight
Communities Also Named Twilight ...
We found five communities that are also named Twilight.
Within Georgia, the name Twilight is unique.
Beyond Georgia, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Ohio
- Monroe County
- This community is historic<1> and although located in Monroe County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monroe County community of Twilight.
- Pennsylvania
- Washington County
- This Twilight is located in Washington County and lies 680 miles [1,094.4 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Twilight that is located in Miller County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Twilight.
- West Virginia
- Boone County
- This Twilight is located in Boone County and lies 504 miles [811.1 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Twilight that is located in Miller County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Boone County community of Twilight.
- Marshall County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Twilight [Marshall County].
- Ohio County
- This Twilight is located in Ohio County and lies 660 miles [1,062.2 km] to the north northeast of the Twilight that is located in Miller County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ohio County community of Twilight.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Twilight ...
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.
- Enterprise
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Enterprise is located in Miller County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Floydtown ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Floydtown is located in Miller County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floydtown
- Horns Cross Road ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Horns Cross Road is located in Miller County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horns Cross Road
- Iron City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jeterville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Jeterville is located in Miller County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeterville
- Joe Shingler ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Joe Shingler is located in Miller County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joe Shingler
- Little Hope
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Little Hope is located in Seminole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Hope
- Lynn
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lynn is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn
- Spooner ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Spooner is located in Miller County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spooner
How Far From Twilight to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Twilight to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic community of Twilight once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Twilight and extending to:
- Colquitt, which is the Seat of Miller County, lies just to the North.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 185 miles [297.7 km]<2> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from Twilight to Atlanta, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 11 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 692 miles [1,113.7 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 27 days and walking would take 40 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,577 miles [10,584.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,269 miles [11,698.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,152 miles [8,291.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Twilight, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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- Twilight) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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 Twilight 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. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Twilight 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 Twilight. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.0866, Longitude: -84.7321 In this case, the coordinates for Twilight have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.306 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.367 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.018 degrees. |
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