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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 Burnside, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Burnside and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Burnside:
    • 31.944103, -81.110665
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Burnside
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Burnside ...

We found 28 communities that share the name Burnside.

Within Georgia, the name Burnside is unique.

Beyond Georgia, we know of another 28 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 28 communities, 23 are located in the United States and seven are in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alberta
      • This Burnside lies 1,964 miles [3,160.8 km]<1> to the northwest of the Burnside that is located in Chatham County.
    • Arizona
      • Apache County
      • This Burnside is located in Apache County and lies 1,650 miles [2,655.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Burnside that is located in Chatham County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Apache County community of Burnside.
    • Connecticut
      • Hartford County
      • This Burnside is located in Hartford County and lies 824 miles [1,326.1 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Burnside that is located in Chatham County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hartford County community of Burnside.
    • Illinois
      • Cook County
      • This Burnside is located in Cook County and lies 764 miles [1,229.5 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Burnside that is located in Chatham County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cook County community of Burnside.
      • Hancock County
      • This Burnside is located in Hancock County and lies 810 miles [1,303.6 km] to the northwest of the Burnside that is located in Chatham County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hancock County community of Burnside.
      • Knox County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Burnside [Knox County].
    • Indiana
      • Clinton County
      • 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 Indiana community of Burnside [Clinton County].
      • Shelby County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Burnside [Shelby County].
    • Iowa
      • Webster County
      • This Burnside is located in Webster County and lies 1,011 miles [1,627 km]<1> to the northwest of the Burnside that is located in Chatham County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Webster County community of Burnside.
    • Kansas
      • Atchison County
      • 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 Kansas community of Burnside [Atchison County].
      • Brown County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Burnside [Brown County].
    • Kentucky
      • Pulaski County
      • This Burnside is located in Pulaski County and lies 400 miles [643.7 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Burnside that is located in Chatham County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pulaski County community of Burnside.
    • Louisiana
      • Ascension Parish
      • This Burnside is located in Ascension Parish and lies 593 miles [954.3 km]<1> to the west of the Burnside that is located in Chatham County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ascension Parish community of Burnside.
    • Manitoba
      • This Burnside lies 1,530 miles [2,462.3 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Burnside that is located in Chatham County.
    • Michigan
      • Lapeer County
      • This Burnside is located in Lapeer County and lies 785 miles [1,263.3 km]<1> to the north of the Burnside that is located in Chatham County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lapeer County community of Burnside.
    • Mississippi
      • Neshoba County
      • This Burnside is located in Neshoba County and lies 470 miles [756.4 km]<1> to the west of the Burnside that is located in Chatham County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Neshoba County community of Burnside.
    • New York
      • Orange County
      • This Burnside is located in Orange County and lies 759 miles [1,221.5 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Burnside that is located in Chatham County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orange County community of Burnside.
    • Newfoundland and Labrador
      • This Burnside lies 1,828 miles [2,941.9 km]<1> to the northeast of the Burnside that is located in Chatham County.
    • Nova Scotia
      • 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 Nova Scotia community of Burnside.
    • Ontario
      • We haven't found the location of this community yet.
    • Oregon
      • Clatsop County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Burnside [Clatsop County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Clearfield County
      • This Burnside is located in Clearfield County and lies 625 miles [1,005.8 km]<1> to the north of the Burnside that is located in Chatham County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clearfield County community of Burnside.
      • Delaware County
      • 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 Pennsylvania community of Burnside [Delaware County].
      • Northumberland County
      • This Burnside is located in Northumberland County and lies 659 miles [1,060.6 km] to the north northeast of the Burnside that is located in Chatham County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Northumberland County community of Burnside.
    • South Carolina
      • Richland County
      • 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 South Carolina community of Burnside [Richland County].
    • South Dakota
      • Charles Mix County
      • 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 South Dakota community of Burnside [Charles Mix County].
    • Virginia
      • Petersburg City
      • This Burnside is located in Petersburg City and lies 419 miles [674.3 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Burnside that is located in Chatham County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Petersburg City community of Burnside.
      • Stafford County
      • This Burnside is located in Stafford County and lies 486 miles [782.1 km] to the north northeast of the Burnside that is located in Chatham County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stafford County community of Burnside.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Burnside ...

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.

  • Cedar Grove
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
    • Cedar Grove is located in Chatham County
  • Cedar Hammock
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Hammock have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hammock
    • Cedar Hammock is located in Chatham County
  • Coffee Bluff
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffee Bluff
    • Coffee Bluff is located in Chatham County
  • Cresthill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cresthill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cresthill
    • Cresthill is located in Chatham County
  • Grove Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grove Park have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Park
    • Grove Park is located in Chatham County
  • Halcyon Bluff
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Halcyon Bluff have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halcyon Bluff
    • Halcyon Bluff is located in Chatham County
  • Isle of Hope
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Isle of Hope have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isle of Hope
    • Isle of Hope is located in Chatham County
  • Kings Wood
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kings Wood have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Wood
    • Kings Wood is located in Chatham County
  • Mount Pleasant
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Pleasant have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
    • Mount Pleasant is located in Chatham County
  • Pin Point
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pin Point have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pin Point
    • Pin Point is located in Chatham County
  • Rivers End
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rivers End have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rivers End
    • Rivers End is located in Chatham County
  • Rose Hill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rose Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
    • Rose Hill is located in Chatham County
  • Skidaway Island
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Skidaway Island have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skidaway Island
    • Skidaway Island is located in Chatham County

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

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

  • Savannah, which is the Seat of Chatham County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Burnside to Savannah, with an average speed<5> 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 227 miles [365.3 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 531 miles [854.6 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 21 days and walking would take 31 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,378 miles [10,264.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,063 miles [11,366.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,950 miles [7,966.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Burnside. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Chatham County: www.chathamcounty.org/

The official website for State of Georgia: https://georgia.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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- Burnside) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Burnside. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.9441, Longitude: -81.1107       In this case, the coordinates for Burnside have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>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 Burnside, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Burnside 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>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>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.
<6>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 Burnside to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.319 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.194 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.515 degrees.









 

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