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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 Bristol Wood, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bristol Wood 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 Bristol Wood:
- 33.510969, -82.054006
- 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 Bristol Wood
- 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 Bristol Wood 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 Bristol Wood
Curious and Interesting Names Near Bristol Wood ...
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
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Arrow Head is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrow Head
- Colony Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Colony Park is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colony Park
- 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
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Foxhall is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxhall
- Highgate
(Less than 2 miles 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
- Holiday Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Holiday Park is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday 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 north)
- 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
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Memory Park
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Memory Park is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memory Park
- Population from the 2010 Census: 122 people
- National Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- National Hills is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for National Hills
- Rockbrook
(Less than 2 miles 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
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- 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
(2 miles [3.2 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 Bristol Wood 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 Bristol Wood to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Bristol Wood 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]<2> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Bristol Wood to Atlanta, with an average speed<3>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 465 miles [748.3 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<4> 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).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,044 miles [11,336.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,926 miles [7,927.6 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 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Bristol Wood) 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 Bristol Wood 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 Bristol Wood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.5110, Longitude: -82.0540 In this case, the coordinates for Bristol Wood have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.894 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.078 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.45 degrees. |
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