Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Colony Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Colony Park and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Colony Park
- 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 Colony Park:
- 33.453749, -82.055395
- 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 Colony Park
- 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:
- eBird sighting report for Richmond County
- Since Colony Park is near Columbia County and also Aiken County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Columbia County
- 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Colony Park ...
We found five communities that share the name Colony Park.
Within Georgia, the name Colony Park is unique.
Beyond Georgia, we know of another five communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Illinois
- DuPage 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 Illinois community of Colony Park [DuPage County].
- Louisiana
- Jefferson Parish
- 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 Louisiana community of Colony Park [Jefferson Parish].
- North Carolina
- Durham County
- This Colony Park is located in Durham County and lies 247 miles [397.5 km]<2> to the northeast of the Colony Park that is located in Richmond County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Durham County community of Colony Park.
- Orange County
- This Colony Park is located in Orange County and lies 243 miles [391.1 km] to the northeast of the Colony Park that is located in Richmond County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orange County community of Colony Park.
- Tennessee
- Washington County
- This Colony Park is located in Washington County and lies 196 miles [315.4 km]<2> to the north of the Colony Park that is located in Richmond County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Colony Park.
- Illinois
Curious and Interesting Names Near Colony Park ...
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.
- Christa
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest) - Edenwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast) - Foxhall
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north) - Glenn Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glenn Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenn Hills
- Glenn Hills is located in Richmond County
- Golden Terrace
(Less than 2 miles to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Golden Terrace have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Terrace
- Golden Terrace is located in Richmond County
- Highgate
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north) - Hillside Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hillside Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside Park
- Hillside Park is located in Richmond County
- Lumpkin Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lumpkin Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lumpkin Park
- Lumpkin Park is located in Richmond County
- Meadowbrook
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meadowbrook have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowbrook
- Meadowbrook is located in Richmond County
- Meadowlark
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meadowlark have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowlark
- Meadowlark is located in Richmond County
- Rockbrook
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast) - Rolling Meadows
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rolling Meadows have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Meadows
- Rolling Meadows is located in Richmond County
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- Summerville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Summerville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerville
- Summerville is located in Richmond County
- Tanglewood
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tanglewood have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanglewood
- Tanglewood is located in Richmond County
- Twin Oaks
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest) - Valley Park
(Less than 2 miles to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Valley Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Park
- Valley Park is located in Richmond County
- Summerville
How Far From Colony Park 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 Colony Park to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Colony Park and extending to:
- Augusta, which is the Seat of Richmond County, lies just to the East Northeast.
- 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 Colony Park to Atlanta, with an average speed<4>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 468 miles [753.2 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,352 miles [10,222.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,046 miles [11,339.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,928 miles [7,930.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Colony Park. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Georgia: https://georgia.gov/
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 Colony Park 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Colony Park) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Colony Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.4537, Longitude: -82.0554 In this case, the coordinates for Colony Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Colony Park to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.893 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.069 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.466 degrees. |