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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 Red Stone, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Red Stone 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 Red Stone:
- 34.060389, -83.508218
- 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 Red Stone
- 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 Jackson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jackson County
- Since Red Stone is near Clarke County and also Oconee County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clarke County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Oconee 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 Red Stone
Communities Also Named Red Stone ...
We found two communities that are also named Red Stone.
Within Georgia, the name Red Stone is unique.
Beyond Georgia, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kansas
- Cloud County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Red Stone [Cloud County].
- South Dakota
- Hanson County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Dakota community of Red Stone [Hanson County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Red Stone ...
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.
- Apple Valley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Apple Valley is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple Valley
- Arcade
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Arcade is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcade
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,040 people
- Bogart
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Camelot
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Camelot is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot
- Center
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Center is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center
- Elder
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Elder is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elder
- Greene
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Greene is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greene
- Quailwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Quailwood is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quailwood
- Ramble Hills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ramble Hills is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramble Hills
- Rebel Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Rebel Hill is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rebel Hill
- Rollingwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rollingwood is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rollingwood
- Rushwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Rushwood is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rushwood
How Far From Red Stone 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 Red Stone to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Red Stone and extending to:
- Jefferson, which is the Seat of Jackson County, lies just to the Northwest.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 54 miles [86.9 km]<3> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could walk a straight line from Red Stone to Atlanta, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 490 miles [788.6 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 28 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,387 miles [10,278.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,088 miles [11,407 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,967 miles [7,993.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Red Stone 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. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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- Red Stone) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Red Stone 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 Red Stone. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.0604, Longitude: -83.5082 In this case, the coordinates for Red Stone have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.75 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.141 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.866 degrees. |
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