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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 Weldons Crossroads, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Weldons Crossroads 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 Weldons Crossroads:
- 33.194288, -84.070748
- 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 Weldons Crossroads
- 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 Lamar County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lamar County
- Since Weldons Crossroads is near Monroe County and also Butts County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Monroe County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Butts 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 Weldons Crossroads
Curious and Interesting Names Near Weldons Crossroads ...
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.
- Box Ankle
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Box Ankle is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Box Ankle
- Five Points
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Five Points is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- High Falls
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- High Falls is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Falls
- Indian Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Indian Springs is located in Butts County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Springs
- Jenkinsburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Liberty Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Liberty Hill is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hill
- Locust Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Logwall
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Logwall is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logwall
- Orchard Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Spalding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Socrates ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Socrates is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Socrates
- Unionville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Unionville is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
How Far From Weldons Crossroads 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 Weldons Crossroads to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Weldons Crossroads and extending to:
- Barnesville, which is the Seat of Lamar County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Weldons Crossroads to Barnesville, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 42 miles [67.6 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 555 miles [893.2 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 22 days and walking would take 32 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,451 miles [10,381.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,150 miles [11,506.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,030 miles [8,095 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- Weldons Crossroads) 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 Weldons Crossroads 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 Weldons Crossroads. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.1943, Longitude: -84.0707 In this case, the coordinates for Weldons Crossroads have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.044 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.358 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.297 degrees. |
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