Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Wades, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wades and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Wades
- 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 Wades:
- 31.850162, -84.757143
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Wades
- 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 Randolph County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Randolph County
- Since Wades is near Stewart County and also Quitman County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Stewart County
- eBird sighting report for Quitman 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Wades ...
We found four communities that share the name Wades.
Within Georgia, the name Wades is unique.
Beyond Georgia, we know of another four communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Montana
- Ohio
- Texas
- Virginia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Wades ...
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.
- Benevolence
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Benevolence have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benevolence
- Benevolence is located in Randolph County
- Gore
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast) - Pumpkintown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pumpkintown have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pumpkintown
- Pumpkintown is located in Randolph County
- Shellman
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shellman
- Shellman is located in Randolph County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 916 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Shellman <3>
- Springvale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Springvale have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springvale
- Springvale is located in Randolph County
- Springvale Station
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Springvale Station have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springvale Station
- Springvale Station is located in Randolph County
- Troutman
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast) - Union
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west) - Water Pipe
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Water Pipe have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Water Pipe
- Water Pipe is located in Randolph County
How Far From Wades 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 Wades to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Wades and extending to:
- Cuthbert, which is the Seat of Randolph County, lies just to the South Southwest.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 133 miles [214 km]<4> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from Wades to Atlanta, with an average speed<5>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 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 651 miles [1,047.7 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,543 miles [10,529.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,239 miles [11,650 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,120 miles [8,239.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Wades. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Georgia: https://georgia.gov/
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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Wades 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> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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- Wades) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Wades. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.8502, Longitude: -84.7571 In this case, the coordinates for Wades have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Wades to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.37 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.546 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.864 degrees. |