Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Westmont, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Westmont and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Westmont
- 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 Westmont:
- 33.495970, -82.141786
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Westmont
- 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 Columbia County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Columbia County
- Since Westmont is near Richmond County and also McCormick County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Richmond County
- eBird sighting report for McCormick 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Westmont ...
We found ten communities that share the name Westmont.
Within Georgia, the name Westmont is unique.
Beyond Georgia, we know of another ten communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Delaware
- Illinois
- New Jersey
- North Carolina
- Pennsylvania
- Blair County
- This Westmont is located in Blair County and lies 525 miles [844.9 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Westmont that is located in Columbia County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Blair County community of Westmont.
- Cambria County
- This Westmont is located in Cambria County and lies 503 miles [809.5 km] to the north northeast of the Westmont that is located in Columbia County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cambria County community of Westmont.
- Lebanon County
- This Westmont is located in Lebanon County and lies 567 miles [912.5 km] to the north northeast of the Westmont that is located in Columbia County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lebanon County community of Westmont.
- Virginia
- Arlington County
- This Westmont is located in Arlington County and lies 465 miles [748.3 km]<1> to the northeast of the Westmont that is located in Columbia County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Arlington County community of Westmont.
- Fairfax 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 Virginia community of Westmont [Fairfax County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Westmont ...
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.
- Arrow Head
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrow Head
- Arrow Head is located in Columbia County
- Camelot
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north) - Evans
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans
- Evans is located in Columbia County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Evans <4>
- Evans Mill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Evans Mill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans Mill
- Evans Mill is located in Columbia County
- Glennwood
(Less than 2 miles to the north) - Hillbrook
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast) - Holiday Park
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holiday Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Park
- Holiday Park is located in Columbia County
- Kettle Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kettle Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kettle Creek
- Kettle Creek is located in Columbia County
- Lake Royal
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake Royal have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Royal
- Lake Royal is located in Columbia County
- Maple Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maple Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Creek
- Maple Creek is located in Columbia County
- Maysville ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast) - Meadowview
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meadowview have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowview
- Meadowview is located in Columbia County
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- Quail Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Quail Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Creek
- Quail Creek is located in Columbia County
- Ridge Crossing
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ridge Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridge Crossing
- Ridge Crossing is located in Columbia County
- Ridge Point
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ridge Point have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridge Point
- Ridge Point is located in Columbia County
- Ropers Crossroads
(Less than 2 miles to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ropers Crossroads have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ropers Crossroads
- Ropers Crossroads is located in Columbia County
- Sugarcreek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sugarcreek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugarcreek
- Sugarcreek is located in Columbia County
- Sweetbriar
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sweetbriar have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetbriar
- Sweetbriar is located in Columbia County
- Tower Pines
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tower Pines have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tower Pines
- Tower Pines is located in Richmond County
- Quail Creek
How Far From Westmont 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 Westmont to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Westmont and extending to:
- Appling, which is the Seat of Columbia County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Westmont to Appling, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 130 miles [209.2 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 468 miles [753.2 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<6> 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).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,049 miles [11,344.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,930 miles [7,934.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Westmont. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Columbia County: www.columbiacountyga.gov/
The official website for State of Georgia: https://georgia.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Westmont) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Westmont. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.4960, Longitude: -82.1418 In this case, the coordinates for Westmont have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Westmont 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> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Westmont to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.944 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.133 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.487 degrees. |