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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 Berzelia, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Berzelia 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 Berzelia:
- 33.406806, -82.251511
- 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 Berzelia
- 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 Berzelia is near McDuffie County and also Richmond 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 Richmond 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 Berzelia
Communities Also Named Berzelia ...
We found one communities that are also named Berzelia.
There is one other community in Georgia that is also named Berzelia.
Beyond Georgia.
- Communities Located In Georgia ...
- Richmond County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Berzelia [Richmond County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Berzelia ...
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.
- Bath
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bath is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bath
- Dearing
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Gordon Terrace
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Gordon Terrace is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon Terrace
- Grovetown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Harlem
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Kettle Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Kettle Creek is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kettle Creek
- Lake Royal
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Royal is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Royal
- Maple Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Maple Creek is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Creek
- Ridge Crossing
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Ridge Crossing is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridge Crossing
- Ridge Point
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Ridge Point is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridge Point
- Sand Ridge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Sand Ridge is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Ridge
- Sawdust
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Sawdust is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawdust
- Sugarcreek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sugarcreek is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugarcreek
- Tower Pines
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Tower Pines is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tower Pines
How Far From Berzelia 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 Berzelia to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Berzelia and extending to:
- Appling, which is the Seat of Columbia County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Berzelia to Appling, with an average speed<4> 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 125 miles [201.2 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 477 miles [767.7 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 19 days and walking would take 28 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,363 miles [10,240.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,058 miles [11,358.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,939 miles [7,948.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Berzelia 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. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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 from Point A (ie- Berzelia) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Berzelia 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 Berzelia. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.4068, Longitude: -82.2515 In this case, the coordinates for Berzelia have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.004 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.19 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.552 degrees. |
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