Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Essex Village, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Essex Village and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Essex Village
- 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 Essex Village:
- 33.637892, -83.852682
- 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 Essex Village
- 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 Newton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Newton County
- Since Essex Village is near Walton County and also Rockdale County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Walton County
- eBird sighting report for Rockdale 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 Essex Village ...
We found two communities that share the name Essex Village.
Within Georgia, the name Essex Village is unique.
Beyond Georgia, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Connecticut
- Middlesex 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 Connecticut community of Essex Village [Middlesex County].
- South Carolina
- Charleston County
- This Essex Village is located in Charleston County and lies 227 miles [365.3 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Essex Village that is located in Newton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Charleston County community of Essex Village.
- Connecticut
Curious and Interesting Names Near Essex Village ...
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.
- Airport Grove
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Airport Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airport Grove
- Airport Grove is located in Newton County
- Cedar Ridge
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Ridge
- Cedar Ridge is located in Newton County
- Dialtown
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest) - Flint Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Flint Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Hill
- Flint Hill is located in Newton County
- Marble Valley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marble Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marble Valley
- Marble Valley is located in Newton County
- Meadow View
(Less than 2 miles to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meadow View have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow View
- Meadow View is located in Newton County
- Murphy Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Murphy Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphy Hills
- Murphy Hills is located in Newton County
- Riverbend
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast) - Settlers Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Settlers Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Settlers Grove
- Settlers Grove is located in Newton County
- Spring Valley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spring Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Spring Valley is located in Newton County
How Far From Essex Village 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 Essex Village to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Essex Village and extending to:
- Covington, which is the Seat of Newton County, lies just to the South.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 31 miles [49.9 km]<2> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could walk a straight line from Essex Village to Atlanta, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 524 miles [843.3 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just over a day, a buggy would take 21 days and walking would take 30 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,421 miles [10,333.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,122 miles [11,461.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,001 miles [8,048.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Essex Village. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Newton County: www.co.newton.ga.us/
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 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 Essex Village 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- Essex Village) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Essex Village. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.6379, Longitude: -83.8527 In this case, the coordinates for Essex Village 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 Essex Village 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 311.936 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.296 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.105 degrees. |