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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 Montevideo, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Montevideo 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 Montevideo:
- 34.272329, -82.821804
- 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 Montevideo
- 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 Elbert County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Elbert County
- Since Montevideo is near Hart County and also Anderson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hart County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Anderson 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 Montevideo
Communities Also Named Montevideo ...
We found four communities that are also named Montevideo.
Within Georgia, the name Montevideo is unique.
Beyond Georgia, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Maryland
- Anne Arundel County
- This Montevideo is located in Anne Arundel County and lies 475 miles [764.4 km]<1> to the northeast of the Montevideo that is located in Elbert County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anne Arundel County community of Montevideo.
- Howard 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 Maryland community of Montevideo [Howard County].
- Minnesota
- Chippewa County
- This Montevideo is located in Chippewa County and lies 1,004 miles [1,615.8 km]<1> to the northwest of the Montevideo that is located in Elbert County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chippewa County community of Montevideo.
- Virginia
- Rockingham County
- This Montevideo is located in Rockingham County and lies 361 miles [581 km]<1> to the northeast of the Montevideo that is located in Elbert County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rockingham County community of Montevideo.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Montevideo ...
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 west)
- Amandaville is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amandaville
- Centerville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Centerville is located in Elbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Coldwater
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Coldwater is located in Elbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldwater
- Crafts Ferry
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Crafts Ferry is located in Elbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crafts Ferry
- Duke ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Duke is located in Abbeville County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duke
- Edinburg ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Edinburg is located in Elbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edinburg
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,396 people
- Harmony
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Harmony is located in Elbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
- Hartwell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Holland Store
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Holland Store is located in Anderson County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland Store
- Holland Store has also been known as:
- Hollands
- Oak Bower ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Oak Bower is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Bower
- Parks Ferry
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Parks Ferry is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parks Ferry
- Rock Branch
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Rock Branch is located in Elbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Branch
- Thirteen Forks
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Thirteen Forks is located in Elbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thirteen Forks
How Far From Montevideo 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 Montevideo to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Montevideo and extending to:
- Elberton, which is the Seat of Elbert County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Montevideo to Elberton, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 96 miles [154.5 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 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 6,348 miles [10,216.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,048 miles [11,342.7 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Montevideo) 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 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 Montevideo 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 Montevideo 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 Montevideo. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.2723, Longitude: -82.8218 In this case, the coordinates for Montevideo have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.356 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.718 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.543 degrees. |
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