Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Wheat Hill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wheat Hill and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Wheat Hill

• 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 Wheat Hill:
  • 32.106038, -81.156223
  • 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 Wheat 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 Chatham County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Chatham County
  • Since Wheat Hill is near Jasper County and also Effingham County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Jasper County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Effingham 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 Wheat Hill

Curious and Interesting Names Near Wheat 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.

• Carver Village
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Carver Village is located in Chatham County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carver Village
• Central Junction
  (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Central Junction is located in Chatham County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Junction
• Clearview
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Clearview is located in Chatham County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearview
• Cloverdale
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Cloverdale is located in Chatham County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
• Florida Junction
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Florida Junction is located in Chatham County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florida Junction
• Garden City
  (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Garden City is located in Chatham County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,213 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Garden City <1>
• General Hamiltons Settlement ‑ Historic
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • General Hamiltons Settlement is located in Jasper County (SC)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for General Hamiltons Settlement
• Liberty City
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Liberty City is located in Chatham County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty City
• Silk Hope
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Silk Hope is located in Chatham County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silk Hope
• Starland Park
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Starland Park is located in Chatham County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starland Park
• Union Junction
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Union Junction is located in Chatham County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Junction
  • Estimated population in 2019: 1,899 people
• Woodlawn Terrace
  (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Woodlawn Terrace is located in Chatham County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn Terrace

How Far From Wheat Hill 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 Wheat 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 Wheat Hill and extending to:

• Savannah, which is the Seat of Chatham County, lies just to the East Southeast.
• Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 219 miles [352.4 km]<2> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Wheat Hill to Atlanta, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take nearly four hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 13 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 9 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 522 miles [840.1 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 21 days and walking would take 30 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,373 miles [10,256.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,058 miles [11,358.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,945 miles [7,958.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'