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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 Wesleyan, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wesleyan and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Wesleyan:
    • 32.877916, -83.717404
    • 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 Wesleyan
  • 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 Bibb County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Bibb County
    • Since Wesleyan is near Jones County and also Monroe County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Jones County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Monroe 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 Wesleyan

Communities Also Named Wesleyan ...

We found two communities that are also named Wesleyan.

Within Georgia, the name Wesleyan is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Connecticut
      • Middlesex 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 Connecticut community of Wesleyan [Middlesex County].
    • South Carolina
      • Pickens 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 South Carolina community of Wesleyan [Pickens County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Wesleyan ...

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.

  • Camelot
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Camelot is located in Bibb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot
  • Castlegate
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Castlegate is located in Bibb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castlegate
  • Cherokee
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Cherokee is located in Bibb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee
  • Christian Rest
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Christian Rest is located in Bibb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christian Rest
  • Christophers Cove
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Christophers Cove is located in Bibb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christophers Cove
  • Dixie
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Dixie is located in Bibb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie
  • Forest Lake
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Forest Lake is located in Bibb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Lake
  • Glen Cove
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Glen Cove is located in Bibb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Cove
  • Green Meadows
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Green Meadows is located in Bibb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Meadows
  • Hillview
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Hillview is located in Bibb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillview
  • Kings Cove
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Kings Cove is located in Bibb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Cove
  • Lakeview
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Lakeview is located in Bibb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
  • Continue List   (8 more) ...
    • Log Cabin Heights
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Log Cabin Heights is located in Bibb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Log Cabin Heights
    • Lumberhill
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Lumberhill is located in Bibb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lumberhill
    • Meadowbrook
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Meadowbrook is located in Bibb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowbrook
    • Riverside Park
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Riverside Park is located in Bibb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Park
    • Riverview
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Riverview is located in Bibb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
    • Trails End
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Trails End is located in Bibb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trails End
    • Unionville
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Unionville is located in Bibb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
    • Vineville
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Vineville is located in Bibb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vineville

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

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

  • Macon, which is the Seat of Bibb County, lies just to the East Southeast.
  • Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 71 miles [114.3 km]<2> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from Wesleyan to Atlanta, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 4 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 558 miles [898 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 6,450 miles [10,380.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,147 miles [11,502 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,028 miles [8,091.8 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 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 Wesleyan 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 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Wesleyan) 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 Wesleyan 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 Wesleyan. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.8779, Longitude: -83.7174       In this case, the coordinates for Wesleyan have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.826 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.062 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.238 degrees.