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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 King Estates, we use the following websites to find information relevant to King Estates 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 King Estates:
- 33.462359, -82.019283
- 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 King Estates
- 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 King Estates is near Aiken County and also Columbia County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Aiken County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Columbia 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 King Estates
Curious and Interesting Names Near King Estates ...
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.
- Colony Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Colony Park is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colony Park
- Edenwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Edenwood is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edenwood
- Forest Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Forest Park is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Park
- Glenn Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Glenn Hills is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenn Hills
- Golden Terrace
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Golden Terrace is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Terrace
- Gordon Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Gordon Park is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon Park
- Highgate
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Highgate is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highgate
- Hillside Park
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Hillside Park is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside Park
- Lumpkin Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lumpkin Park is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lumpkin Park
- National Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- National Hills is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for National Hills
- Rockbrook
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Rockbrook is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockbrook
- Population from the 2010 Census: 160 people
- Summerville
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Summerville is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerville
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Sunset Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Sunset Heights is located in Aiken County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Heights
- Tanglewood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Tanglewood is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanglewood
- Valley Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Valley Park is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Park
- Woodlawn
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Woodlawn is located in Aiken County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn
How Far From King Estates 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 King Estates to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in King Estates and extending to:
- Augusta, which is the Seat of Richmond County, lies just to the East.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 137 miles [220.5 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from King Estates to Atlanta, with an average speed<2>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<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,350 miles [10,219.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,044 miles [11,336.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,926 miles [7,927.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- King Estates) 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 King Estates 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 King Estates. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.4624, Longitude: -82.0193 In this case, the coordinates for King Estates have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.873 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.047 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.45 degrees. |
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