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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 Hartwell, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hartwell 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 Hartwell:
- 34.353564, -82.932858
- 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 Hartwell
- 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 Hart County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hart County
- Since Hartwell is near Anderson County and also Elbert County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Anderson County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Elbert 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 Hartwell
Communities Also Named Hartwell ...
We found six communities that are also named Hartwell.
Within Georgia, the name Hartwell is unique.
Beyond Georgia, we know of six communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Madison County
- This Hartwell is located in Madison County and lies 624 miles [1,004.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Hartwell that is located in Hart County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Hartwell.
- Indiana
- Pike County
- This Hartwell is located in Pike County and lies 361 miles [581 km]<1> to the northwest of the Hartwell that is located in Hart County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pike County community of Hartwell.
- Missouri
- Henry County
- This Hartwell is located in Henry County and lies 672 miles [1,081.5 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Hartwell that is located in Hart County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henry County community of Hartwell.
- Montana
- Jefferson County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Hartwell [Jefferson County].
- Ohio
- Hamilton County
- This Hartwell is located in Hamilton County and lies 346 miles [556.8 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Hartwell that is located in Hart County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Hartwell.
- West Virginia
- McDowell County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Hartwell [McDowell County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hartwell ...
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.
- Amandaville ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Amandaville is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amandaville
- Bowersville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Cross Roads
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Cross Roads is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Roads
- Eagle Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Eagle Grove is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Grove
- Flat Shoals
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Goldmine
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Goldmine is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldmine
- Holland Store
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Oak Bower ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Bower is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Bower
- Parks Ferry
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Parks Ferry is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parks Ferry
- Price ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Reed Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Reed Creek is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reed Creek
- Shoal Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Shoal Creek is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoal Creek
- Thirteen Forks
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Thirteen Forks is located in Elbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thirteen Forks
How Far From Hartwell to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a city such as Hartwell to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Hartwell and extending to:
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 93 miles [149.7 km]<1> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Hartwell to Atlanta, with an average speed<4>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 452 miles [727.4 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 18 days and walking would take 26 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,349 miles [10,217.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,050 miles [11,345.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,929 miles [7,932.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 from Point A (ie- Hartwell) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Hartwell 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. |
| <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 Hartwell 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 Hartwell. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.3536, Longitude: -82.9329 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.423 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.806 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.565 degrees. |
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