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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 Eastville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Eastville 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 Eastville:
    • 33.877448, -83.505132
    • 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 Eastville
  • 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 Oconee County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Oconee County
    • Since Eastville is near Clarke County and also Walton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Clarke County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Walton 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 Eastville

Communities Also Named Eastville ...

We found eleven communities that are also named Eastville.

Within Georgia, the name Eastville is unique.

Beyond Georgia, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these eight communities, six are located in the United States and two are in Canada.

In addition to the above occurrences of Eastville, we know of three communities located outside of the United States and Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Maine
      • Penobscot 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 Maine community of Eastville [Penobscot County].
    • Massachusetts
      • Dukes County
      • This Eastville is located in Dukes County and lies 877 miles [1,411.4 km]<2> to the northeast of the Eastville that is located in Oconee County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dukes County community of Eastville.
      • Plymouth County
      • This Eastville is located in Plymouth County and lies 885 miles [1,424.3 km] to the northeast of the Eastville that is located in Oconee County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Plymouth County community of Eastville.
    • Missouri
      • Callaway County
      • This Eastville is located in Callaway County and lies 588 miles [946.3 km]<2> to the northwest of the Eastville that is located in Oconee County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Callaway County community of Eastville.
    • Nova Scotia
      • This Eastville lies 1,344 miles [2,163 km]<2> to the northeast of the Eastville that is located in Oconee County.
    • Ontario
      • 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 Ontario community of Eastville.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Clinton County
      • This Eastville is located in Clinton County and lies 602 miles [968.8 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Eastville that is located in Oconee County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clinton County community of Eastville.
    • Virginia
      • Northampton County
      • This Eastville is located in Northampton County and lies 487 miles [783.8 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Eastville that is located in Oconee County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Northampton County community of Eastville.
  • Communities Beyond North America ...
    • Australia
      • - Victoria
      • Distance: 9,777 miles [15,734.6 km]<2> to the west southwest
      • Open a Google Map centered on Eastville
      • - Western Australia
      • Distance: 11,203 miles [18,029.5 km] to the west
      • Open a Google Map centered on Eastville
    • England
      • Distance: 4,137 miles [6,657.9 km]<2> to the northeast
      • Open a Google Map centered on Eastville

Curious and Interesting Names Near Eastville ...

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.

  • Deerbrook
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Deerbrook is located in Oconee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerbrook
  • Elder Heights
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Elder Heights is located in Oconee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elder Heights
  • Elder Ridge
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Elder Ridge is located in Oconee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elder Ridge
  • Fieldstone
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Fieldstone is located in Oconee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fieldstone
  • High Shoals
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Hillcrest
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Hillcrest is located in Oconee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
  • Indian Hills
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Indian Hills is located in Oconee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Hills
  • Jennings Mill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jennings Mill is located in Oconee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jennings Mill
  • Kingswood
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Kingswood is located in Clarke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingswood
  • Laurel Chase
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Laurel Chase is located in Oconee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Chase
  • Overlook Village
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Overlook Village is located in Oconee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overlook Village
  • Paradise Falls
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Paradise Falls is located in Oconee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Falls
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Pine Ridge
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Pine Ridge is located in Oconee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Ridge
    • Pleasant Hills
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Pleasant Hills is located in Oconee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hills
    • Quail Run
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Quail Run is located in Oconee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Run
    • Snows Mill
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Snows Mill is located in Oconee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snows Mill
    • Stonebridge
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Stonebridge is located in Oconee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonebridge
    • Windy Creek
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Windy Creek is located in Oconee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windy Creek

How Far From Eastville to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Eastville to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Watkinsville, which is the Seat of Oconee County, lies just to the East.
  • Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 51 miles [82.1 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could walk a straight line from Eastville to Atlanta, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 499 miles [803.1 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 29 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,395 miles [10,291.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,096 miles [11,419.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,975 miles [8,006.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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 Eastville 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- Eastville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Eastville 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 Eastville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.8774, Longitude: -83.5051       In this case, the coordinates for Eastville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.742 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.106 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.911 degrees.