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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 Aldreds, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Aldreds 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 Aldreds:
- 32.949598, -82.392904
- 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 Aldreds
- 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 Jefferson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson County
- Since Aldreds is near Burke County and also Emanuel County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Burke County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Emanuel 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 Aldreds
Curious and Interesting Names Near Aldreds ...
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.
- Drone
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Drone is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drone
- Population from the 2010 Census: 14,568 people
- Gertrude
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Gertrude is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gertrude
- Halls Crossing
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Halls Crossing is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls Crossing
- Louisville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Magnolia
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Magnolia is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
- Riddleville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Riddleville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riddleville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
- Rose
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Rose is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose
- Summertown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Three Points
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Three Points is located in Emanuel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Points
How Far From Aldreds 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 Aldreds to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Aldreds and extending to:
- Louisville, which is the Seat of Jefferson County, lies just to the North.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 127 miles [204.4 km]<2> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Aldreds to Atlanta, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 508 miles [817.5 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 29 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,390 miles [10,283.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,083 miles [11,399 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,965 miles [7,990.4 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 '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- Aldreds) 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 Aldreds 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 Aldreds. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.9496, Longitude: -82.3929 In this case, the coordinates for Aldreds have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.07 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.202 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.723 degrees. |
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