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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 Torbit Station, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Torbit Station 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 Torbit Station:
- 33.127707, -82.222004
- 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 Torbit Station
- 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 Burke County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Burke County
- Since Torbit Station is near Jefferson County and also Richmond County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Richmond 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 Torbit Station
Curious and Interesting Names Near Torbit Station ...
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.
- Bath
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Bath is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bath
- Drone
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Drone is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drone
- Population from the 2010 Census: 14,568 people
- Dyes Crossroad
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Dyes Crossroad is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyes Crossroad
- Edie ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Edie is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edie
- Hatchers Store
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hatchers Store is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatchers Store
- Le Roy ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Le Roy is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Le Roy
- Louisville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Noah
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
How Far From Torbit Station 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 Torbit Station 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 Torbit Station once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Torbit Station and extending to:
- Waynesboro, which is the Seat of Burke County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Torbit Station to Waynesboro, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 132 miles [212.4 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 492 miles [791.8 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving 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 6,374 miles [10,258 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,068 miles [11,374.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,950 miles [7,966.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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> | 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 Torbit Station, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- Torbit Station) 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 Torbit Station 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 Torbit Station. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.1277, Longitude: -82.2220 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.979 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.121 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.613 degrees. |
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