Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in West Green, we use the following websites to find information relevant to West Green and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for West Green

• 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 West Green:
  • 31.612970, -82.734585
  • 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 West Green

• 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 Coffee County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Coffee County
  • Since West Green is near Jeff Davis County and also Bacon County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Jeff Davis County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Bacon 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 West Green

Curious and Interesting Names Near West Green ...

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.

• Bridgetown
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Bridgetown is located in Coffee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgetown
• Cherokee Hills
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Cherokee Hills is located in Coffee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Hills
• Graham
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Graham is located in Appling County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 289 people
• Huffer
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Huffer is located in Coffee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huffer
• Lumber City
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
  • Lumber City is located in Telfair County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lumber City
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,251 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lumber City <1>
• Lumber City Ferry
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
  • Lumber City Ferry is located in Jeff Davis County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lumber City Ferry
  • Estimated population in 2019: 1,257 people
• Red Bluff
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Red Bluff is located in Ben Hill County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bluff
• Roper
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Roper is located in Jeff Davis County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roper
• Snipesville
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Snipesville is located in Jeff Davis County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snipesville
• Stokesville
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Stokesville is located in Atkinson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stokesville

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

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

• Douglas, which is the Seat of Coffee County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from West Green to Douglas, 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 176 miles [283.2 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 596 miles [959.2 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 24 days and walking would take 34 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,465 miles [10,404.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,153 miles [11,511.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,039 miles [8,109.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'