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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 Starland Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Starland Park 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 Starland Park:
- 32.122703, -81.225113
- 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 Starland Park
- 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 Chatham County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Chatham County
- Since Starland Park is near Effingham County and also Jasper County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Effingham County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jasper 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 Starland Park
Curious and Interesting Names Near Starland Park ...
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.
- Carver Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Carver Village is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carver Village
- Central Junction
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Central Junction is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Junction
- Clearview
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Clearview is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearview
- Cloverdale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cloverdale is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- Coldbrook
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Coldbrook is located in Effingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldbrook
- Florida Junction
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Florida Junction is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florida Junction
- Garden City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- General Hamiltons Settlement ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Liberty City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Liberty City is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty City
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Mulberry Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mulberry Grove is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulberry Grove
- Pooler
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Silk Hope
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Silk Hope is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silk Hope
- Union Junction
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Union Junction is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Junction
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,899 people
- Wheat Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Wheat Hill is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheat Hill
- Woodlawn Terrace
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Woodlawn Terrace is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn Terrace
How Far From Starland Park 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 Starland Park to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Starland Park and extending to:
- Savannah, which is the Seat of Chatham County, lies just to the East Southeast.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 215 miles [346 km]<2> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Starland Park to Atlanta, with an average speed<3>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 523 miles [841.7 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 21 days and walking would take 30 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,375 miles [10,259.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,061 miles [11,363.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,948 miles [7,963 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Starland Park) 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 Starland Park 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 Starland Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.1227, Longitude: -81.2251 In this case, the coordinates for Starland Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.388 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.299 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.509 degrees. |
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