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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 Oak Bower, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Oak Bower 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 Oak Bower:
- 34.383716, -82.865974
- 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 Oak Bower
- 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 Oak Bower 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 Oak Bower
Communities Also Named Oak Bower ...
We found one communities that are also named Oak Bower.
Within Georgia, the name Oak Bower is unique.
Beyond Georgia, there is another community also named Oak Bower in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Hot Spring County
- This Oak Bower is located in Hot Spring County and lies 587 miles [944.7 km]<1> to the west of the Oak Bower that is located in Hart County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hot Spring County community of Oak Bower.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Oak Bower ...
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.
- Cross Roads
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Cross Roads is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Roads
- Double Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Double Springs is located in Anderson County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Double Springs
- Flat Shoals
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Flat Shoals is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Shoals
- Hartwell
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Holland Store
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Holland Store is located in Anderson County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland Store
- Holland Store has also been known as:
- Hollands
- Lakefront
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lakefront is located in Anderson County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakefront
- Mountain Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Mountain Creek is located in Anderson County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Creek
- Parks Ferry
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Parks Ferry is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parks Ferry
- Price ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Price is located in Anderson County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price
- Reed Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Reed Creek is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reed Creek
How Far From Oak Bower 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 Oak Bower to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<3> community of Oak Bower once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Oak Bower and extending to:
- Hartwell, which is the Seat of Hart County, lies just to the West Southwest.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 97 miles [156.1 km]<1> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Oak Bower 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 three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 448 miles [721 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 6,345 miles [10,211.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,046 miles [11,339.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,924 miles [7,924.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Oak Bower) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Oak Bower, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 Oak Bower 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 Oak Bower. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.3837, Longitude: -82.8660 In this case, the coordinates for Oak Bower have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.384 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.767 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.531 degrees. |
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