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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 Walkee, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Walkee 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 Walkee:
- 32.294895, -82.865974
- 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 Walkee
- 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 Laurens County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Laurens County
- Since Walkee is near Wheeler County and also Treutlen County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wheeler County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Treutlen 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 Walkee
Curious and Interesting Names Near Walkee ...
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.
- Beehive ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Beehive is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beehive
- Cedar Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Cedar Grove is located in Laurens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Diamond Landing Ferry
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Hatoff ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Hatoff is located in Laurens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatoff
- Helena
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Jay Bird Springs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Jay Bird Springs is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jay Bird Springs
- Mayberry ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Mayberry is located in Laurens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayberry
- Nameless
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Nameless is located in Laurens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nameless
- Rockledge
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Springhaven ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Springhaven is located in Laurens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springhaven
How Far From Walkee 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 Walkee 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<2> community of Walkee once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Walkee and extending to:
- Dublin, which is the Seat of Laurens County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<3> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Walkee to Dublin, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 133 miles [214 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 560 miles [901.2 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 22 days and walking would take 32 days.
- The shortest distance<5> 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).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,132 miles [11,477.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,015 miles [8,070.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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> | 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 Walkee, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Walkee) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Walkee 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 Walkee. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.2949, Longitude: -82.8660 In this case, the coordinates for Walkee have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.314 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.39 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.061 degrees. |
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