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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 Dawsonville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Dawsonville 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 Dawsonville:
    • 38.265914, -78.317162
    • 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 Dawsonville
  • 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 Greene County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Greene County
    • Since Dawsonville is near Orange County and also Madison County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Orange County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Madison 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 Dawsonville

Communities Also Named Dawsonville ...

We found four communities that are also named Dawsonville.

Within Virginia, the name Dawsonville is unique.

Beyond Virginia, we know of four communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these four communities, three are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Georgia
      • Dawson County
      • This Dawsonville is located in Dawson County and lies 417 miles [671.1 km]<1> to the southwest of the Dawsonville that is located in Greene County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dawson County community of Dawsonville.
    • Maryland
      • Montgomery County
      • This Dawsonville is located in Montgomery County and lies 79 miles [127.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the Dawsonville that is located in Greene County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Dawsonville.
    • Missouri
      • Nodaway County
      • This Dawsonville is located in Nodaway County and lies 907 miles [1,459.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Dawsonville that is located in Greene County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nodaway County community of Dawsonville.
    • New Brunswick
      • This Dawsonville lies 879 miles [1,414.6 km]<1> to the northeast of the Dawsonville that is located in Greene County.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Dawsonville ...

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 Dawsonville to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Dawsonville to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Stanardsville, which is the Seat of Greene County, lies just to the West Northwest.
  • Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 69 miles [111 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could walk a straight line from Dawsonville to Richmond, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take three full days to make the trip. 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 81 miles [130.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,979 miles [9,622.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,684 miles [10,756.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,561 miles [7,340.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Dawsonville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Dawsonville 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 Dawsonville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.2659, Longitude: -78.3172       In this case, the coordinates for Dawsonville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.679 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.241 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.486 degrees.