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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 Benefit, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Benefit 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 Benefit:
    • 34.557597, -83.729902
    • 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 Benefit
  • 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 White County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for White County
    • Since Benefit is near Habersham County and also Hall County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Habersham County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hall 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 Benefit

Communities Also Named Benefit ...

We found three communities that are also named Benefit.

Within Georgia, the name Benefit is unique.

Beyond Georgia, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • North Carolina
      • Forsyth County
      • This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Benefit [Forsyth County].
    • Virginia
      • Chesapeake City
      • This Benefit is located in Chesapeake City and lies 441 miles [709.7 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Benefit that is located in White County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chesapeake City community of Benefit.
      • Norfolk City
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Benefit [Norfolk City].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Benefit ...

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.

  • Centerside
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Centerside is located in White County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerside
  • Grace ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Grace is located in Lumpkin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grace
  • Heads Ferry
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Heads Ferry is located in Habersham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heads Ferry
  • Leaf
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Leaf is located in White County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leaf
  • Leo
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Leo is located in White County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leo
    • Leo has also been known as:
    • Meldean
  • Oculus ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Oculus is located in White County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oculus
  • Pink
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Pink is located in White County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pink
  • Pleasant Retreat ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Pleasant Retreat is located in White County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Retreat
  • Rogers Mill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Rogers Mill is located in White County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers Mill

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

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

  • Cleveland, which is the Seat of White County, lies just to the Northwest.
  • Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 67 miles [107.8 km]<2> to the southwest (SW). If you could walk a straight line from Benefit to Atlanta, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 476 miles [766 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 19 days and walking would take 27 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,374 miles [10,258 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,078 miles [11,390.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,955 miles [7,974.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Benefit, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>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- Benefit) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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 Benefit 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.
<4>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.
<5>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 Benefit 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 Benefit. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.5576, Longitude: -83.7299       In this case, the coordinates for Benefit have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.895 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.379 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.826 degrees.