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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 Sweet Hill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sweet Hill and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Sweet Hill:
    • 31.848547, -81.242328
    • 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 Sweet Hill
  • 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 Bryan County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Bryan County
    • Since Sweet Hill is near Liberty County and also Chatham County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Liberty County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Chatham 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 Sweet Hill

Curious and Interesting Names Near Sweet Hill ...

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.

  • Bryan Neck ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Bryan Neck is located in Bryan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryan Neck
  • Cedar Grove
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Cedar Grove is located in Chatham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
  • Coffee Bluff
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Coffee Bluff is located in Chatham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffee Bluff
  • Cottonham ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Cottonham is located in Bryan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonham
  • Daniel
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Daniel is located in Bryan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daniel
  • Fancy Hall
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Fancy Hall is located in Bryan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fancy Hall
  • Georgetown
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Grove Point
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Grove Point is located in Chatham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Point
  • Limerick
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Limerick is located in Liberty County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limerick
  • Middle Place
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Middle Place is located in Chatham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Place
  • Mount Pleasant
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Mount Pleasant is located in Chatham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
  • Rabbit Hill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Rabbit Hill is located in Bryan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rabbit Hill

How Far From Sweet Hill to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Sweet Hill to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Sweet Hill and extending to:

  • Pembroke, which is the Seat of Bryan County, lies 30 miles [48.3 km]<2> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Sweet Hill to Pembroke, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
  • Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 225 miles [362.1 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 541 miles [870.7 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 22 days and walking would take 31 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,388 miles [10,280.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,073 miles [11,382.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,960 miles [7,982.3 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Sweet Hill) 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 Sweet Hill 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 Sweet Hill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.8485, Longitude: -81.2423       In this case, the coordinates for Sweet Hill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.389 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.261 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.586 degrees.