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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 Batesville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Batesville and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Batesville:
    • 34.748150, -83.611284
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Batesville
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Batesville ...

We found fifteen communities that share the name Batesville.

There is one other community in Georgia which is also named Batesville.

Beyond Georgia, we know of another fourteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Georgia ...
    • Cherokee County
      • This Batesville is located in Cherokee County and lies 59 miles [95 km]<1> to the southwest of the Batesville that is located in Habersham County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cherokee County community of Batesville.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Barbour County
      • This Batesville is located in Barbour County and lies 213 miles [342.8 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Batesville that is located in Habersham County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Barbour County community of Batesville.
    • Arkansas
      • Independence County
      • This Batesville is located in Independence County and lies 457 miles [735.5 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Batesville that is located in Habersham County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Independence County community of Batesville.
    • Indiana
      • Ripley County
      • This Batesville is located in Ripley County and lies 326 miles [524.6 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Batesville that is located in Habersham County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ripley County community of Batesville.
    • Kansas
      • Woodson County
      • This Batesville is located in Woodson County and lies 714 miles [1,149.1 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Batesville that is located in Habersham County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Woodson County community of Batesville.
    • Maine
      • Aroostook County
      • This Batesville is located in Aroostook County and lies 1,119 miles [1,800.9 km]<1> to the northeast of the Batesville that is located in Habersham County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Aroostook County community of Batesville.
    • Mississippi
      • Panola County
      • This Batesville is located in Panola County and lies 360 miles [579.4 km]<1> to the west of the Batesville that is located in Habersham County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Panola County community of Batesville.
    • Missouri
      • Butler County
      • This Batesville is located in Butler County and lies 395 miles [635.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Batesville that is located in Habersham County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Butler County community of Batesville.
    • New Jersey
      • Camden County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Batesville [Camden County].
    • Ohio
      • Noble County
      • This Batesville is located in Noble County and lies 378 miles [608.3 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Batesville that is located in Habersham County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Noble County community of Batesville.
    • South Carolina
      • Greenville County
      • This Batesville is located in Greenville County and lies 78 miles [125.5 km]<1> to the east of the Batesville that is located in Habersham County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greenville County community of Batesville.
    • Texas
      • Red River County
      • This Batesville is located in Red River County and lies 661 miles [1,063.8 km]<1> to the west of the Batesville that is located in Habersham County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Red River County community of Batesville.
      • Zavala County
      • This Batesville is located in Zavala County and lies 1,019 miles [1,639.9 km] to the west southwest of the Batesville that is located in Habersham County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Zavala County community of Batesville.
    • Utah
      • Tooele County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Batesville [Tooele County].
    • Virginia
      • Albemarle County
      • This Batesville is located in Albemarle County and lies 352 miles [566.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Batesville that is located in Habersham County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Albemarle County community of Batesville.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Batesville ...

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.

  • Aerial
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Aerial have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aerial
    • Aerial is located in Habersham County
  • College Park
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for College Park have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Park
    • College Park is located in Habersham County
  • Harvest
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harvest have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvest
    • Harvest is located in Habersham County
  • Helen
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Hills
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hills
    • Hills is located in Habersham County
  • Leaf
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Leaf have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leaf
    • Leaf is located in White County
  • Lynch ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lynch have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynch
    • Lynch is located in White County
  • Mountain Scene
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mountain Scene have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Scene
    • Mountain Scene is located in Towns County
  • Persimmon
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Persimmon have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Persimmon
    • Persimmon is located in Rabun County
  • Pink
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pink have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pink
    • Pink is located in White County
  • Robertstown
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robertstown
    • Robertstown is located in White County
  • Tiger
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Batesville and extending to:

  • Clarkesville, which is the Seat of Habersham County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Batesville to Clarkesville, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 81 miles [130.4 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 462 miles [743.5 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 18 days and walking would take 27 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,360 miles [10,235.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • 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).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,942 miles [7,953.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Batesville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Habersham County: www.co.habersham.ga.us/

The official website for State of Georgia: https://georgia.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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- Batesville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Batesville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.7482, Longitude: -83.6113       In this case, the coordinates for Batesville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Batesville 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.
<3>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Batesville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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.
<7>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 Batesville to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.831 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.332 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.73 degrees.









 

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