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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 Burrells Ford, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Burrells Ford 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 Burrells Ford:
- 34.968978, -83.119873
- 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 Burrells Ford
- 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 Rabun County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rabun County
- Since Burrells Ford is near Oconee County and also Jackson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Oconee County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jackson 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 Burrells Ford
Curious and Interesting Names Near Burrells Ford ...
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.
- Cashiers
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Earls Ford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Earls Ford is located in Rabun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earls Ford
- Flat Shoals
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Flat Shoals is located in Oconee County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Shoals
- Lickskillet
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lickskillet is located in Macon County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lickskillet
- Long Bottom Ford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Long Bottom Ford is located in Oconee County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Bottom Ford
- Moody Cove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Moody Cove is located in Oconee County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moody Cove
- Mountain Rest
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Picket Post
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Picket Post is located in Oconee County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Picket Post
- Pine Mountain
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Mountain is located in Rabun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Mountain
- Sandy Ford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Sandy Ford is located in Rabun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Ford
- Three Forks
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Three Forks is located in Rabun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Forks
- Whetstone
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Whetstone is located in Oconee County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whetstone
How Far From Burrells Ford 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 Burrells Ford to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Burrells Ford and extending to:
- Clayton, which is the Seat of Rabun County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<2> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Burrells Ford to Clayton, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 110 miles [177 km] to the southwest (SW). 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 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 431 miles [693.6 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 17 days and walking would take 25 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,329 miles [10,185.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,033 miles [11,318.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,911 miles [7,903.5 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Burrells Ford) 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 Burrells Ford 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 Burrells Ford. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.9690, Longitude: -83.1199 In this case, the coordinates for Burrells Ford have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.547 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.037 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.476 degrees. |
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