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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 Barton Village, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Barton Village 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 Barton Village:
- 33.434860, -82.093174
- 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 Barton Village
- 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 Richmond County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Richmond County
- Since Barton Village is near Columbia County and also Aiken County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Columbia County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Aiken 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 Barton Village
Curious and Interesting Names Near Barton Village ...
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.
- Christa
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Christa is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christa
- Colony Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Colony Park is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colony Park
- Glenn Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Glenn Hills is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenn Hills
- Golden Terrace
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Golden Terrace is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Terrace
- Gordon Terrace
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Gordon Terrace is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon Terrace
- Hidden Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Hidden Hills is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Hills
- Lumpkin Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Lumpkin Park is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lumpkin Park
- Meadowbrook
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Meadowbrook is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowbrook
- Meadowlark
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Meadowlark is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowlark
- Quail Hollow
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Quail Hollow is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Hollow
- Ridge Point
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ridge Point is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridge Point
- Rolling Meadows
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Rolling Meadows is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Meadows
- Continue List (7 more) ...
- Sand Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Sand Ridge is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Ridge
- Spanish Trace
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Spanish Trace is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spanish Trace
- Tanglewood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Tanglewood is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanglewood
- Tower Pines
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Tower Pines is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tower Pines
- Twin Oaks
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Twin Oaks is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Oaks
- Valley Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Valley Park is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Park
- Woodlake
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Woodlake is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlake
How Far From Barton Village 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 Barton Village to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Barton Village and extending to:
- Augusta, which is the Seat of Richmond County, lies just to the East Northeast.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 133 miles [214 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Barton Village to Atlanta, with an average speed<2>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 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 470 miles [756.4 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<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,355 miles [10,227.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,049 miles [11,344.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,931 miles [7,935.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Barton Village) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Barton Village 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 Barton Village. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.4349, Longitude: -82.0932 In this case, the coordinates for Barton Village have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.914 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.091 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.485 degrees. |
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