Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Elberton, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Elberton and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Elberton
- 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 Elberton:
- 34.110962, -82.867591
- 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 Elberton
- 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 Elbert County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Elbert County
- Since Elberton is near Oglethorpe County and also Madison County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Oglethorpe County
- eBird sighting report for Madison 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 Elberton ...
We found two communities that share the name Elberton.
Within Georgia, the name Elberton is unique.
Beyond Georgia, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Iowa
- Washington
Curious and Interesting Names Near Elberton ...
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.
- Beverly
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east) - Centerville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Centerville is located in Elbert County
- Coldwater
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast) - Deadmans Ferry
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Deadmans Ferry have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deadmans Ferry
- Deadmans Ferry is located in Madison County
- Dewy Rose
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dewy Rose
- Dewy Rose is located in Elbert County
- Estimated population in 2019: 562 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dewy Rose <4>
- Dove Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dove Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dove Creek
- Dove Creek is located in Elbert County
- Goose Pond ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Goose Pond have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goose Pond
- Goose Pond is located in Oglethorpe County
- Hard Cash
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest) - Harmony
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
- Harmony is located in Elbert County
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- Jones Ferry
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jones Ferry have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Ferry
- Jones Ferry is located in Oglethorpe County
- Martins Ferry
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Martins Ferry have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martins Ferry
- Martins Ferry is located in Oglethorpe County
- Match
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west) - Pearl
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east) - Silk Mills
(Less than 2 miles to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Silk Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silk Mills
- Silk Mills is located in Elbert County
- Estimated population in 2019: 277 people
- Thirteen Forks
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Thirteen Forks have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thirteen Forks
- Thirteen Forks is located in Elbert County
- Jones Ferry
How Far From Elberton 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 city such as Elberton to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Elberton and extending to:
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 90 miles [144.8 km]<2> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Elberton to Atlanta, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 462 miles [743.5 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 18 days and walking would take 27 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,357 miles [10,230.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,057 miles [11,357.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,936 miles [7,943.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Elberton: www.cityofelberton.net/
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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Elberton 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' (or 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- Elberton) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Elberton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.1110, Longitude: -82.8676 |
| <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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Elberton to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.378 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.721 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.603 degrees. |