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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 Appling, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Appling 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 Appling:
- 33.548163, -82.316810
- 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 Appling
- 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 Columbia County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Columbia County
- Since Appling is near McDuffie County and also McCormick 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 McCormick 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 Appling
Curious and Interesting Names Near Appling ...
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.
- Boneville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Camelot
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Camelot is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot
- Chimney Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Chimney Hill is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chimney Hill
- Clay Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Clay Hill is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay Hill
- Dearing
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Dents Ferry
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Dents Ferry is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dents Ferry
- Evans
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Glennwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Glennwood is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glennwood
- Grovetown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Harlem
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Hillbrook
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Hillbrook is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillbrook
- Kettle Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Kettle Creek is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kettle Creek
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Lake Royal
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Royal is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Royal
- Maple Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Maple Creek is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Creek
- Price Ferry
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Price Ferry is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price Ferry
- Raysville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Raysville is located in McDuffie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raysville
- Ropers Crossroads
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Ropers Crossroads is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ropers Crossroads
- Sawdust
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Stones Crossroads
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Stones Crossroads is located in McDuffie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stones Crossroads
- Sugarcreek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Sugarcreek is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugarcreek
How Far From Appling 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 Appling to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Appling and extending to:
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 120 miles [193.1 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Appling to Atlanta, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 471 miles [758 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 6,359 miles [10,233.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,055 miles [11,353.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,936 miles [7,943.7 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Appling) 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 Appling 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 Appling. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.5482, Longitude: -82.3168 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.045 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.258 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.539 degrees. |
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