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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 Bio, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bio 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 Bio:
- 34.273717, -82.935419
- 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 Bio
- 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 Hart County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hart County
- Since Bio is near Elbert County and also Anderson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Elbert County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Anderson 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 Bio
Curious and Interesting Names Near Bio ...
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.
- Amandaville ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Amandaville is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amandaville
- Centerville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Centerville is located in Elbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Dewy Rose
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Eagle Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Eagle Grove is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Grove
- Flat Shoals
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Flat Shoals is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Shoals
- Goldmine
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Goldmine is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldmine
- Hard Cash
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Hard Cash is located in Elbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hard Cash
- Harper
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Harper is located in Elbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper
- Hartwell
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Thirteen Forks
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Thirteen Forks is located in Elbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thirteen Forks
How Far From Bio 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 Bio to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Bio and extending to:
- Hartwell, which is the Seat of Hart County, lies just to the North.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 90 miles [144.8 km]<2> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Bio to Atlanta, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 456 miles [733.9 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 18 days and walking would take 26 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,353 miles [10,224.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,053 miles [11,350.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,932 miles [7,937.3 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Bio) 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 Bio 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 Bio. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.2737, Longitude: -82.9354 In this case, the coordinates for Bio have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.422 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.794 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.587 degrees. |
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