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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 Rousseau Spring, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Rousseau Spring 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 Rousseau Spring:
- 33.600688, -82.426794
- 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 Rousseau Spring
- 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 McDuffie County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for McDuffie County
- Since Rousseau Spring is near Columbia County and also Lincoln County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Columbia County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lincoln 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 Rousseau Spring
Curious and Interesting Names Near Rousseau Spring ...
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.
- Anthony Crossroads
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Anthony Crossroads is located in McDuffie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anthony Crossroads
- Clay Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Clay Hill is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay Hill
- Leathersville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Leathersville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leathersville
- Price Ferry
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Price Ferry is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price Ferry
- Raysville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Raysville is located in McDuffie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raysville
- Stones Crossroads
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Stones Crossroads is located in McDuffie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stones Crossroads
- Three Points
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Three Points is located in McDuffie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Points
- Woodlawn
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Woodlawn is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn
How Far From Rousseau Spring 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 Rousseau Spring 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<1> community of Rousseau Spring once stood, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Rousseau Spring and extending to:
- Thomson, which is the Seat of McDuffie County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Rousseau Spring to Thomson, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 113 miles [181.9 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 472 miles [759.6 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,362 miles [10,238.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,058 miles [11,358.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,938 miles [7,946.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Rousseau Spring, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Rousseau Spring) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Rousseau Spring 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 Rousseau Spring. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.6007, Longitude: -82.4268 In this case, the coordinates for Rousseau Spring have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.11 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.339 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.567 degrees. |
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