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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 Colerain, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Colerain 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 Colerain:
    • 30.833011, -81.900667
    • 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 Colerain
  • 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 Camden County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Camden County
    • Since Colerain is near Charlton County and also Nassau County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Charlton County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Nassau 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 Colerain

Communities Also Named Colerain ...

We found nine communities that are also named Colerain.

There are two communities within Georgia that are also named Colerain.

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

  • Communities Located In Georgia ...
    • Chatham County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Colerain [Chatham County].
    • Walker County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Colerain [Walker County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Massachusetts
      • Franklin County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Colerain [Franklin County].
    • Michigan
      • Oakland County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Colerain [Oakland County].
    • North Carolina
      • Bertie County
      • This Colerain is located in Bertie County and lies 473 miles [761.2 km]<2> to the northeast of the Colerain that is located in Camden County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bertie County community of Colerain.
    • Ohio
      • Belmont County
      • This Colerain is located in Belmont County and lies 644 miles [1,036.4 km]<2> to the north of the Colerain that is located in Camden County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Belmont County community of Colerain.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Huntingdon County
      • This Colerain is located in Huntingdon County and lies 708 miles [1,139.4 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Colerain that is located in Camden County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Huntingdon County community of Colerain.
      • Lancaster County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Colerain [Lancaster County].
    • South Carolina
      • Union County
      • This Colerain is located in Union County and lies 268 miles [431.3 km]<2> to the north of the Colerain that is located in Camden County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Union County community of Colerain.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Colerain ...

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.

  • Bullhead Bluff
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Bullhead Bluff is located in Camden County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullhead Bluff
  • Burnt Fort
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Burnt Fort is located in Camden County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Fort
  • Burnt Fort Ferry
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Burnt Fort Ferry is located in Camden County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Fort Ferry
  • Centerville ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Centerville is located in Charlton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
  • Ferry Landing
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Ferry Landing is located in Charlton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferry Landing
  • Flea Hill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Flea Hill is located in Camden County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flea Hill
  • Greenville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Greenville is located in Camden County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
    • Estimated population in 2019: 845 people
  • Highway Park Ferry
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Highway Park Ferry is located in Charlton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highway Park Ferry
  • Homeland
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Homeland is located in Charlton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homeland
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 955 people
  • Kings Ferry
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Kings Ferry is located in Nassau County (FL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Ferry
  • Mays Bluff
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Mays Bluff is located in Camden County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mays Bluff
  • Traders Hill
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Traders Hill is located in Charlton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Traders Hill

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

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

  • Woodbine, which is the Seat of Camden County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Colerain to Woodbine, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 248 miles [399.1 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 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 621 miles [999.4 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 25 days and walking would take 36 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,463 miles [10,401.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,145 miles [11,498.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,034 miles [8,101.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Colerain 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.
<2>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- Colerain) 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 Colerain 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 Colerain. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.8330, Longitude: -81.9007       In this case, the coordinates for Colerain have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.709 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.488 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.068 degrees.