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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 Tyree, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Tyree 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 Tyree:
    • 33.615110, -84.879384
    • 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 Tyree
  • 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 Douglas County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Douglas County
    • Since Tyree is near Carroll County and also Fulton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Carroll County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Fulton 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 Tyree

Communities Also Named Tyree ...

We found two communities that are also named Tyree.

Within Georgia, the name Tyree is unique.

Beyond Georgia, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Virginia
      • Campbell County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Tyree [Campbell County].
      • Lynchburg City
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Tyree [Lynchburg City].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Tyree ...

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.

  • Byers Crossroads
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Byers Crossroads is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byers Crossroads
  • Cross Plains
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Cross Plains is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Plains
  • Dingler Crossroads
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Dingler Crossroads is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dingler Crossroads
  • Emily ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Emily is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emily
  • Fairplay
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Fairplay is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairplay
  • Five Points
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Five Points is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
  • Hodge ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Hodge is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hodge
  • Ithaca
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Ithaca is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ithaca
  • Kings Point
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Kings Point is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Point
  • Links of Leith
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Links of Leith is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Links of Leith
  • Neal Ferry
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Neal Ferry is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neal Ferry
  • Sand Hill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Sand Hill is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Hill
  • Sweetwater Bluff
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Sweetwater Bluff is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetwater Bluff

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

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

  • Douglasville, which is the Seat of Douglas County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Tyree to Douglasville, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
  • Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 29 miles [46.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). The buggy would take just over a day and walking would take just about two full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 568 miles [914.1 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 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 6,466 miles [10,406 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,170 miles [11,539 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,047 miles [8,122.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek 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 Tyree 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.
<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 drawn from Point A (ie- Tyree) 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 Tyree 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 Tyree. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.6151, Longitude: -84.8794       In this case, the coordinates for Tyree have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.537 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.985 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.511 degrees.