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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 Mount Herman, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mount Herman 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 Mount Herman:
    • 31.953546, -81.145388
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Mount Herman
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Mount Herman ...

We found eleven communities that share the name Mount Herman.

Within Georgia, the name Mount Herman is unique.

Beyond Georgia, we know of another eleven communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Mississippi
      • Attala County
      • This Mount Herman is located in Attala County and lies 505 miles [812.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Mount Herman that is located in Chatham County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Attala County community of Mount Herman.
    • North Carolina
      • Caldwell County
      • This Mount Herman is located in Caldwell County and lies 271 miles [436.1 km]<1> to the north of the Mount Herman that is located in Chatham County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Caldwell County community of Mount Herman.
      • Surry County
      • This Mount Herman is located in Surry County and lies 318 miles [511.8 km] to the north of the Mount Herman that is located in Chatham County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Surry County community of Mount Herman.
    • Oklahoma
      • McCurtain County
      • This Mount Herman is located in McCurtain County and lies 806 miles [1,297.1 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Mount Herman that is located in Chatham County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the McCurtain County community of Mount Herman.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Washington County
      • This Mount Herman is located in Washington County and lies 561 miles [902.8 km]<1> to the north of the Mount Herman that is located in Chatham County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Mount Herman.
    • Tennessee
      • Moore County
      • This Mount Herman is located in Moore County and lies 386 miles [621.2 km]<1> to the northwest of the Mount Herman that is located in Chatham County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Moore County community of Mount Herman.
      • Putnam County
      • This Mount Herman is located in Putnam County and lies 377 miles [606.7 km] to the northwest of the Mount Herman that is located in Chatham County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Putnam County community of Mount Herman.
      • Wayne County
      • This Mount Herman is located in Wayne County and lies 446 miles [717.8 km] to the northwest of the Mount Herman that is located in Chatham County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wayne County community of Mount Herman.
      • Weakley County
      • This Mount Herman is located in Weakley County and lies 524 miles [843.3 km] to the northwest of the Mount Herman that is located in Chatham County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Weakley County community of Mount Herman.
    • Texas
      • Shelby County
      • This Mount Herman is located in Shelby County and lies 771 miles [1,240.8 km]<1> to the west of the Mount Herman that is located in Chatham County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shelby County community of Mount Herman.
    • Virginia
      • Rockingham 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 Virginia community of Mount Herman [Rockingham County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Mount Herman ...

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.

  • Cedar Grove
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
    • Cedar Grove is located in Chatham County
  • Cedar Hammock
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Hammock have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hammock
    • Cedar Hammock is located in Chatham County
  • Coffee Bluff
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffee Bluff
    • Coffee Bluff is located in Chatham County
  • Cresthill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cresthill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cresthill
    • Cresthill is located in Chatham County
  • Grove Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grove Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Park
    • Grove Park is located in Chatham County
  • Grove Point
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grove Point have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Point
    • Grove Point is located in Chatham County
  • Grubbs
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grubbs have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grubbs
    • Grubbs is located in Chatham County
  • Halcyon Bluff
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Halcyon Bluff have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halcyon Bluff
    • Halcyon Bluff is located in Chatham County
  • Kings Wood
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kings Wood have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Wood
    • Kings Wood is located in Chatham County
  • Mount Pleasant
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Pleasant have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
    • Mount Pleasant is located in Chatham County
  • Pin Point
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pin Point have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pin Point
    • Pin Point is located in Chatham County
  • Rivers End
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rivers End have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rivers End
    • Rivers End is located in Chatham County
  • Rose Hill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rose Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
    • Rose Hill is located in Chatham County

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

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

  • Savannah, which is the Seat of Chatham County, lies just to the North Northeast.
  • Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 225 miles [362.1 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Mount Herman to Atlanta, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take nearly four hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 13 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 9 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 532 miles [856.2 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 21 days and walking would take 31 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,379 miles [10,266 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,064 miles [11,368.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,951 miles [7,967.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Mount Herman. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Chatham County: www.chathamcounty.org/

The official website for State of Georgia: https://georgia.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Mount Herman) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Mount Herman. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.9535, Longitude: -81.1454       In this case, the coordinates for Mount Herman have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Mount Herman 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>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<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 Mount Herman to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.339 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.218 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.525 degrees.









 

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