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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 Visage, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Visage 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 Visage:
- 34.930093, -83.667113
- 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 Visage
- 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 Towns County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Towns County
- Since Visage is near Clay County and also Rabun County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clay County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rabun 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 Visage
Curious and Interesting Names Near Visage ...
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.
- Cedar Cliff
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Cliff is located in Towns County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Cliff
- Elf
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Elf is located in Clay County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elf
- Friendship
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Friendship is located in Towns County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Hunt ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Hunt is located in Towns County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunt
- Mountain Scene
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Mountain Scene is located in Towns County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Scene
- Persimmon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Persimmon is located in Rabun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Persimmon
- Shooting Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Shooting Creek is located in Clay County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shooting Creek
- Sunnyside
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Sunnyside is located in Towns County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
- Young Harris
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
How Far From Visage 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 Visage 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 Visage once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Visage and extending to:
- Hiawassee, which is the Seat of Towns County, lies just to the West Northwest.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 91 miles [146.5 km]<3> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Visage to Atlanta, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 457 miles [735.5 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 18 days and walking would take 26 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,354 miles [10,225.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,059 miles [11,360.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,936 miles [7,943.7 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 Visage, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Visage) 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 Visage 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 Visage. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.9301, Longitude: -83.6671 In this case, the coordinates for Visage have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.869 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.402 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.705 degrees. |
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