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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 Georgia, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Georgia 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 Georgia:
    • 29.839209, -90.989161
    • 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 Georgia
  • 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 parish-by-parish basis. We have selected Assumption Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Assumption Parish
    • Since Georgia is near Lafourche Parish and also Saint Martin Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lafourche Parish
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Saint Martin Parish
  • 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 Georgia

Communities Also Named Georgia ...

We found seven communities that are also named Georgia.

Within Louisiana, the name Georgia is unique.

Beyond Louisiana, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Morgan County
      • This Georgia is located in Morgan County and lies 397 miles [638.9 km]<1> to the northeast of the Georgia that is located in Assumption Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morgan County community of Georgia.
    • Indiana
      • Lawrence County
      • This Georgia is located in Lawrence County and lies 662 miles [1,065.4 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Georgia that is located in Assumption Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lawrence County community of Georgia.
    • Kansas
      • Kingman County
      • This Georgia is located in Kingman County and lies 671 miles [1,079.9 km]<1> to the northwest of the Georgia that is located in Assumption Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kingman County community of Georgia.
    • Nebraska
      • Cherry County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in Cherry County, we don't know where within the parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cherry County community of Georgia.
    • New Jersey
      • Monmouth County
      • This Georgia is located in Monmouth County and lies 1,181 miles [1,900.6 km]<1> to the northeast of the Georgia that is located in Assumption Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monmouth County community of Georgia.
    • Texas
      • Lamar County
      • This Georgia is located in Lamar County and lies 392 miles [630.9 km]<1> to the northwest of the Georgia that is located in Assumption Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lamar County community of Georgia.
    • Vermont
      • Franklin County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Vermont community of Georgia [Franklin County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Georgia ...

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.

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Georgia and extending to:

  • Napoleonville, which is the Seat of Assumption Parish, lies just to the North Northwest.
  • Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 43 miles [69.2 km]<1> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could walk a straight line from Georgia to Baton Rouge, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,009 miles [1,623.8 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take over two days, a buggy would take 40 days and walking would take 58 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,905 miles [11,112.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,612 miles [12,250.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,489 miles [8,833.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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- Georgia) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Georgia, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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 Georgia 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 parish. 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.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Georgia 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 Georgia. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.8392, Longitude: -90.9892       In this case, the coordinates for Georgia have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.864 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.329 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.59 degrees.