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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 Aonia, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Aonia 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 Aonia:
    • 33.675407, -82.623191
    • 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 Aonia
  • 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 Wilkes County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Wilkes County
    • Since Aonia is near McDuffie County and also Lincoln County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for McDuffie County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lincoln 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 Aonia

Communities Also Named Aonia ...

We found one communities that are also named Aonia.

There is one other community in Georgia that is also named Aonia.

Beyond Georgia.

  • Communities Located In Georgia ...
    • Troup 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 Georgia community of Aonia [Troup County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Aonia ...

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.

  • Anthony Crossroads
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Anthony Crossroads is located in McDuffie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anthony Crossroads
  • Clay Hill
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Clay Hill is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay Hill
  • Ficklin
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Ficklin is located in Wilkes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ficklin
  • Floral Hill
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Floral Hill is located in Wilkes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floral Hill
  • Leathersville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Leathersville is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leathersville
  • Lincoln Heights
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Lincoln Heights is located in Wilkes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Heights
  • Little River
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Little River is located in Wilkes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little River
  • Lovelace
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Lovelace is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovelace
  • Oak Grove
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Oak Grove is located in Wilkes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Porters
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Porters is located in Wilkes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porters
    • Ravenwood Park
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Ravenwood Park is located in Wilkes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravenwood Park
    • Raysville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Raysville is located in McDuffie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raysville
    • Raytown
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Raytown is located in Taliaferro County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raytown
    • Three Points
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Three Points is located in McDuffie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Points
    • Woodlawn
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Woodlawn is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn

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

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

  • Washington, which is the Seat of Wilkes County, lies just to the West Northwest.
  • Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 101 miles [162.5 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Aonia 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 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 475 miles [764.4 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 19 days and walking would take 27 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,367 miles [10,246.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,064 miles [11,368.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,944 miles [7,956.6 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 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 Aonia 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- Aonia) 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 Aonia 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 Aonia. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.6754, Longitude: -82.6232       In this case, the coordinates for Aonia have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.225 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.482 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.623 degrees.