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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 Greshamville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Greshamville and the surrounding area.
- 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 Greshamville:
- 33.626514, -83.323772
- 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 Greshamville
- 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 Greene County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Greene County
- Since Greshamville is near Morgan County and also Oconee County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Morgan County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Oconee 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 Greshamville
Curious and Interesting Names Near Greshamville ...
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.
- Bethany
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Bethany is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany
- Coventry
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Coventry is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coventry
- Elder
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Elder is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elder
- Parks Ferry
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Parks Ferry is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parks Ferry
- Parks Mill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Parks Mill is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parks Mill
- Rose Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Rose Hill is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
- Shields ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Shields is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shields
- Sugar Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Sugar Creek is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Creek
- Swords
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Swords is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swords
How Far From Greshamville 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 Greshamville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Greshamville and extending to:
- Greensboro, which is the Seat of Greene County, lies just to the East Southeast.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 61 miles [98.2 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could walk a straight line from Greshamville to Atlanta, with an average speed<2> 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 about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 504 miles [811.1 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 20 days and walking would take 29 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,399 miles [10,298.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,098 miles [11,423.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,978 miles [8,011.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 from Point A (ie- Greshamville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Greshamville 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 Greshamville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.6265, Longitude: -83.3238 In this case, the coordinates for Greshamville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.628 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.939 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.904 degrees. |
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