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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 Bastonville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bastonville 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 Bastonville:
- 33.307921, -82.531518
- 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 Bastonville
- 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 Glascock County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Glascock County
- Since Bastonville is near Warren County and also McDuffie County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Warren County
- Open the eBird sighting report for McDuffie 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 Bastonville
Curious and Interesting Names Near Bastonville ...
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 northeast)
- David ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- David is located in Glascock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for David
- Dearing
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Downs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Downs is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downs
- Five Points
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Five Points is located in Glascock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Happy Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Happy Valley is located in McDuffie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Valley
- Harts
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Harts is located in Glascock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harts
- Mitchell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Plainview
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Plainview is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview
- Silvertown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Silvertown is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silvertown
- Stony Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Stony Hill is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Hill
How Far From Bastonville 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 Bastonville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Bastonville and extending to:
- Gibson, which is the Seat of Glascock County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 111 miles [178.6 km]<2> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Bastonville 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 492 miles [791.8 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 28 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,379 miles [10,266 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,075 miles [11,386.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,956 miles [7,975.9 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Bastonville) 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 Bastonville 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 Bastonville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.3079, Longitude: -82.5315 In this case, the coordinates for Bastonville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.161 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.357 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.683 degrees. |
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