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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 Highgate, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Highgate 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 Highgate:
    • 33.494025, -82.066229
    • 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 Highgate
  • 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 Richmond County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Richmond County
    • Since Highgate is near Columbia County and also Aiken County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Columbia County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Aiken 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 Highgate

Communities Also Named Highgate ...

We found five communities that are also named Highgate.

Within Georgia, the name Highgate is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Ontario
      • This Highgate lies 622 miles [1,001 km]<1> to the north of the Highgate that is located in Richmond County.
    • Saskatchewan
      • This Highgate lies 1,864 miles [2,999.8 km]<1> to the northwest of the Highgate that is located in Richmond County.
    • Tennessee
      • Williamson County
      • This Highgate is located in Williamson County and lies 320 miles [515 km]<1> to the northwest of the Highgate that is located in Richmond County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Williamson County community of Highgate.
    • Vermont
      • Franklin 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 Vermont community of Highgate [Franklin County].
    • Virginia
      • Surry County
      • This Highgate is located in Surry County and lies 390 miles [627.6 km]<1> to the northeast of the Highgate that is located in Richmond County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Surry County community of Highgate.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Highgate ...

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.

  • Arrow Head
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Arrow Head is located in Columbia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrow Head
  • Colony Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Colony Park is located in Richmond County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colony Park
  • Forest Creek
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Forest Creek is located in Columbia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Creek
  • Forest Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Forest Park is located in Richmond County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Park
  • Foxhall
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Foxhall is located in Richmond County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxhall
  • Hillside Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Hillside Park is located in Richmond County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside Park
  • Holiday Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Holiday Park is located in Columbia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Park
  • Lulaville
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Lulaville is located in Columbia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lulaville
    • Estimated population in 2019: 2,961 people
  • Martinez
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Mayo
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Mayo is located in Richmond County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayo
  • Maysville ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Maysville is located in Columbia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maysville
  • Meadowview
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Meadowview is located in Columbia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowview
  • Continue List   (11 more) ...
    • Memory Park
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Memory Park is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memory Park
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 122 people
    • National Hills
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • National Hills is located in Richmond County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for National Hills
    • Quail Creek
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Quail Creek is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Creek
    • Ridge Crossing
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Ridge Crossing is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridge Crossing
    • Ridge Point
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Ridge Point is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridge Point
    • Rockbrook
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Rockbrook is located in Richmond County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockbrook
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 160 people
    • Stevens Pointe
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Stevens Pointe is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stevens Pointe
    • Summerville
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Summerville is located in Richmond County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerville
    • Sweetbriar
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Sweetbriar is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetbriar
    • Tanglewood
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Tanglewood is located in Richmond County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanglewood
    • Valley Park
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Valley Park is located in Richmond County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Park

How Far From Highgate 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 Highgate to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Augusta, which is the Seat of Richmond County, lies just to the East Southeast.
  • Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 134 miles [215.7 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Highgate to Atlanta, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 466 miles [750 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 19 days and walking would take 27 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,351 miles [10,220.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,045 miles [11,337.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,927 miles [7,929.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Highgate) 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 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 Highgate 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 Highgate 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 Highgate. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.4940, Longitude: -82.0662       In this case, the coordinates for Highgate have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.90 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.083 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.459 degrees.