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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 Colony Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Colony Park 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 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.
    • Open 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:
    • Open the 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:
    • 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 Colony Park

Communities Also Named Colony Park ...

We found five communities that are also named Colony Park.

Within Georgia, the name Colony Park is unique.

Beyond Georgia, we know of five communities that are located 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.

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)
    • Christa is located in Richmond County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christa
  • Edenwood
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Edenwood is located in Richmond County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edenwood
  • Foxhall
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Foxhall is located in Richmond County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxhall
  • Glenn Hills
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Glenn Hills is located in Richmond County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenn Hills
  • Golden Terrace
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Golden Terrace is located in Richmond County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Terrace
  • Highgate
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Highgate is located in Richmond County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highgate
  • Hillside Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Hillside Park is located in Richmond County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside Park
  • Lumpkin Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Lumpkin Park is located in Richmond County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lumpkin Park
  • Meadowbrook
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Meadowbrook is located in Richmond County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowbrook
  • Meadowlark
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Meadowlark is located in Richmond County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowlark
  • Rockbrook
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Rockbrook is located in Richmond County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockbrook
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 160 people
  • Rolling Meadows
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Rolling Meadows is located in Richmond County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Meadows
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Summerville
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Summerville is located in Richmond County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerville
    • Tanglewood
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Tanglewood is located in Richmond County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanglewood
    • Twin Oaks
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Twin Oaks is located in Richmond County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Oaks
    • Valley Park
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Valley Park is located in Richmond County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Park

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<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 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<4> 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).<5>
  • 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).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,928 miles [7,930.8 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Colony Park) 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 Colony Park 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 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).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.893 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.069 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.466 degrees.