Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Sardum, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sardum and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Sardum
- 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 Sardum:
- 33.753164, -84.013246
- 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 Sardum
- 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 Rockdale County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Rockdale County
- Since Sardum is near Gwinnett County and also DeKalb County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Gwinnett County
- eBird sighting report for DeKalb 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:
- Waymark.com
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sardum ...
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.
- Bermuda
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest) - Centerville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Centerville is located in Gwinnett County
- Estimated population in 2019: 7,884 people
- Mason Woods
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mason Woods have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason Woods
- Mason Woods is located in Gwinnett County
- Meadow Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meadow Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Hills
- Meadow Hills is located in Gwinnett County
- Mountain Cove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mountain Cove have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Cove
- Mountain Cove is located in Gwinnett County
- Rock Bridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rock Bridge have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Bridge
- Rock Bridge is located in Gwinnett County
- Rock Chapel
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rock Chapel have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Chapel
- Rock Chapel is located in DeKalb County
- Rosebud
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast) - Summer Place
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Summer Place have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer Place
- Summer Place is located in Gwinnett County
- Timber Trace
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Timber Trace have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Trace
- Timber Trace is located in Gwinnett County
- Twin Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Twin Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Village
- Twin Village is located in Gwinnett County
How Far From Sardum 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 Sardum 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<2> community of Sardum once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Sardum and extending to:
- Conyers, which is the Seat of Rockdale County, lies just to the South.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<3> to the west (W). If you could walk a straight line from Sardum to Atlanta, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 525 miles [844.9 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just over a day, a buggy would take 21 days and walking would take 30 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,423 miles [10,336.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,124 miles [11,465 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,003 miles [8,051.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Rockdale County: www.rockdalecounty.org/
The official website for State of Georgia: https://georgia.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | 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 Sardum, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- Sardum) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Sardum. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.7532, Longitude: -84.0132 In this case, the coordinates for Sardum have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Sardum 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 312.034 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.425 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.139 degrees. |