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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 Bonair, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bonair 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 Bonair:
    • 33.522358, -82.048173
    • 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 Bonair
  • 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 Richmond County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Richmond County
    • Since Bonair is near Columbia County and also Edgefield County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Columbia County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Edgefield 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 Bonair

Communities Also Named Bonair ...

We found six communities that are also named Bonair.

Within Georgia, the name Bonair is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Saint Francis County
      • This Bonair is located in Saint Francis County and lies 508 miles [817.5 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Bonair that is located in Richmond County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Francis County community of Bonair.
    • Indiana
      • Lake 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 Indiana community of Bonair [Lake County].
    • Iowa
      • Howard County
      • This Bonair is located in Howard County and lies 874 miles [1,406.6 km]<1> to the northwest of the Bonair that is located in Richmond County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Howard County community of Bonair.
    • Kansas
      • Graham 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 Kansas community of Bonair [Graham County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Bucks 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 Pennsylvania community of Bonair [Bucks County].
      • Montgomery County
      • This Bonair is located in Montgomery County and lies 598 miles [962.4 km]<1> to the northeast of the Bonair that is located in Richmond County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Bonair.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Bonair ...

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.

  • Arrow Head
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Arrow Head is located in Columbia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrow Head
  • Forest Creek
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Forest Creek is located in Columbia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Creek
  • Forest Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Forest Park is located in Richmond County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Park
  • Foxhall
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Foxhall is located in Richmond County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxhall
  • Highgate
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Highgate is located in Richmond County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highgate
  • Hillside Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Hillside Park is located in Richmond County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside Park
  • Lulaville
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Lulaville is located in Columbia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lulaville
    • Estimated population in 2019: 2,961 people
  • Martinez
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Mayo
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Mayo is located in Richmond County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayo
  • Maysville ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Maysville is located in Columbia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maysville
  • Memory Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Memory Park is located in Columbia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memory Park
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 122 people
  • National Hills
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • National Hills is located in Richmond County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for National Hills
  • Continue List   (8 more) ...
    • Poverty Hill
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Poverty Hill is located in Edgefield County (SC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poverty Hill
    • Rockbrook
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Rockbrook is located in Richmond County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockbrook
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 160 people
    • Stevens Pointe
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Stevens Pointe is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stevens Pointe
    • Summerville
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Summerville is located in Richmond County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerville
    • Sweetbriar
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Sweetbriar is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetbriar
    • Tanglewood
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Tanglewood is located in Richmond County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanglewood
    • Valley Park
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Valley Park is located in Richmond County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Park
    • Woodlawn
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Woodlawn is located in Aiken County (SC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn

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

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

  • Augusta, which is the Seat of Richmond County, lies just to the Southeast.
  • Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 135 miles [217.3 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Bonair to Atlanta, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 464 miles [746.7 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving 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 6,349 miles [10,217.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,043 miles [11,334.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,925 miles [7,926 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Bonair) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 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 Bonair 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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Bonair 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 Bonair. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.5224, Longitude: -82.0482       In this case, the coordinates for Bonair have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.891 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.076 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.445 degrees.