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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 Vesta, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Vesta 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 Vesta:
    • 33.956505, -82.938476
    • 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 Vesta
  • 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 Oglethorpe County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Oglethorpe County
    • Since Vesta is near Wilkes County and also Elbert County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Wilkes County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Elbert 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 Vesta

Communities Also Named Vesta ...

We found twelve communities that are also named Vesta.

Within Georgia, the name Vesta is unique.

Beyond Georgia, we know of twelve communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these twelve communities, eleven are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Franklin County
      • This Vesta is located in Franklin County and lies 637 miles [1,025.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Vesta that is located in Oglethorpe County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Vesta.
    • Indiana
      • Clark County
      • This Vesta is located in Clark County and lies 344 miles [553.6 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Vesta that is located in Oglethorpe County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clark County community of Vesta.
    • Kansas
      • Clark County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Vesta [Clark County].
    • Minnesota
      • Redwood County
      • This Vesta is located in Redwood County and lies 985 miles [1,585.2 km]<1> to the northwest of the Vesta that is located in Oglethorpe County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Redwood County community of Vesta.
    • Nebraska
      • Johnson County
      • This Vesta is located in Johnson County and lies 858 miles [1,380.8 km]<1> to the northwest of the Vesta that is located in Oglethorpe County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Johnson County community of Vesta.
    • North Dakota
      • Walsh County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Dakota community of Vesta [Walsh County].
    • Ontario
      • This Vesta lies 718 miles [1,155.5 km]<1> to the north of the Vesta that is located in Oglethorpe County.
    • Tennessee
      • Wilson County
      • This Vesta is located in Wilson County and lies 244 miles [392.7 km]<1> to the northwest of the Vesta that is located in Oglethorpe County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wilson County community of Vesta.
    • Texas
      • Sabine County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Vesta [Sabine County].
      • Shackelford County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Vesta [Shackelford County].
    • Virginia
      • Patrick County
      • This Vesta is located in Patrick County and lies 239 miles [384.6 km]<1> to the northeast of the Vesta that is located in Oglethorpe County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Patrick County community of Vesta.
    • Washington
      • Grays Harbor County
      • This Vesta is located in Grays Harbor County and lies 2,284 miles [3,675.7 km]<1> to the northwest of the Vesta that is located in Oglethorpe County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grays Harbor County community of Vesta.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Vesta ...

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.

  • Bell
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Bell is located in Elbert County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell
  • Deadmans Ferry
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Deadmans Ferry is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deadmans Ferry
  • Dove Creek
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Dove Creek is located in Elbert County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dove Creek
  • Enterprise
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Enterprise is located in Oglethorpe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
  • Goose Pond ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Goose Pond is located in Oglethorpe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goose Pond
  • Jones Ferry
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Jones Ferry is located in Oglethorpe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Ferry
  • Linesville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Linesville is located in Wilkes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linesville
  • Martins Ferry
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Martins Ferry is located in Oglethorpe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martins Ferry
  • Sandy Cross
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Sandy Cross is located in Oglethorpe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Cross
  • Wise ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Wise is located in Oglethorpe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wise

How Far From Vesta to ...

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Vesta and extending to:

  • Lexington, which is the Seat of Oglethorpe County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Vesta to Lexington, with an average speed<3> 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 84 miles [135.2 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 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 6,367 miles [10,246.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,067 miles [11,373.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,946 miles [7,959.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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- Vesta) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Vesta could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<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 Vesta 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 Vesta. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.9565, Longitude: -82.9385       In this case, the coordinates for Vesta have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.415 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.741 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.671 degrees.