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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 Carriage Court, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Carriage Court 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 Carriage Court:
- 33.475970, -82.042895
- 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 Carriage Court
- 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 Carriage Court is near Columbia County and also Aiken 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 Aiken 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 Carriage Court
Curious and Interesting Names Near Carriage Court ...
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 northwest)
- Arrow Head is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrow Head
- Colony Park
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Colony Park is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colony Park
- Forest Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Forest Park is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Park
- Foxhall
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Foxhall is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxhall
- Glenn Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Glenn Hills is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenn Hills
- Golden Terrace
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Golden Terrace is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Terrace
- Highgate
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Highgate is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highgate
- Hillside Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Hillside Park is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside Park
- Lulaville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lulaville is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lulaville
- Estimated population in 2019: 2,961 people
- Lumpkin Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Lumpkin Park is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lumpkin Park
- Martinez
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mayo
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Mayo is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayo
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Memory Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] 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 northeast)
- National Hills is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for National Hills
- Rockbrook
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Rockbrook is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockbrook
- Population from the 2010 Census: 160 people
- Summerville
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Summerville is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerville
- Tanglewood
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Tanglewood is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanglewood
- Valley Park
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Valley Park is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Park
How Far From Carriage Court to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Carriage Court to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Carriage Court and extending to:
- Augusta, which is the Seat of Richmond County, lies just to the East Southeast.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 136 miles [218.9 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Carriage Court 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 466 miles [750 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 6,351 miles [10,220.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,045 miles [11,337.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,927 miles [7,929.2 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Carriage Court) 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 Carriage Court 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 Carriage Court. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.4760, Longitude: -82.0429 In this case, the coordinates for Carriage Court have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.887 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.065 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.455 degrees. |
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