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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 White Bluff, we use the following websites to find information relevant to White Bluff and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 White Bluff:
    • 31.987711, -81.128723
    • 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 White Bluff
  • 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 White Bluff is near Bryan County and also Jasper County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Bryan County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Jasper 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 White Bluff

Communities Also Named White Bluff ...

We found five communities that are also named White Bluff.

Within Georgia, the name White Bluff is unique.

Beyond Georgia, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Jefferson County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of White Bluff [Jefferson County].
      • Sebastian County
      • This White Bluff is located in Sebastian County and lies 794 miles [1,277.8 km]<2> to the west northwest of the White Bluff that is located in Chatham County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sebastian County community of White Bluff.
    • Mississippi
      • Marion County
      • This White Bluff is located in Marion County and lies 520 miles [836.9 km]<2> to the west of the White Bluff that is located in Chatham County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marion County community of White Bluff.
    • South Carolina
      • Lancaster County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of White Bluff [Lancaster County].
    • Tennessee
      • Dickson County
      • This White Bluff is located in Dickson County and lies 447 miles [719.4 km]<2> to the northwest of the White Bluff that is located in Chatham County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dickson County community of White Bluff.

Curious and Interesting Names Near White Bluff ...

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 Grove
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Cedar Grove is located in Chatham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
  • Cedar Hammock
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Cedar Hammock is located in Chatham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hammock
  • Coffee Bluff
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Coffee Bluff is located in Chatham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffee Bluff
  • Cresthill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Cresthill is located in Chatham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cresthill
  • Grove Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Grove Park is located in Chatham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Park
  • Groveland
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Groveland is located in Chatham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groveland
  • Grubbs
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Grubbs is located in Chatham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grubbs
  • Halcyon Bluff
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Halcyon Bluff is located in Chatham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halcyon Bluff
  • Isle of Hope
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Isle of Hope is located in Chatham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isle of Hope
  • Kings Wood
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Kings Wood is located in Chatham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Wood
  • Magnolia Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Magnolia Park is located in Chatham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia Park
  • Mount Pleasant
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Mount Pleasant is located in Chatham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Pin Point
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Pin Point is located in Chatham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pin Point
    • Rivers End
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Rivers End is located in Chatham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rivers End
    • Rose Hill
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Rose Hill is located in Chatham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
    • Sackville ‑ Historic
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Sackville is located in Chatham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sackville

How Far From White Bluff 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 White Bluff to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Savannah, which is the Seat of Chatham County, lies just to the North Northeast.
  • Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 225 miles [362.1 km]<2> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from White Bluff 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 529 miles [851.3 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 6,377 miles [10,262.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,062 miles [11,365.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,949 miles [7,964.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 White Bluff 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.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- White Bluff) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 White Bluff 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 White Bluff. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.9877, Longitude: -81.1287       In this case, the coordinates for White Bluff have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.33 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.213 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.51 degrees.