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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 Sulphur, we use the following websites to find information relevant to White Sulphur 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 Sulphur:
    • 34.356212, -83.766844
    • 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 Sulphur
  • 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 Hall County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hall County
    • Since White Sulphur is near Banks County and also Jackson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Banks County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Jackson 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 Sulphur

Communities Also Named White Sulphur ...

We found five communities that are also named White Sulphur.

Within Georgia, the name White Sulphur is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Iowa
      • Scott 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 Iowa community of White Sulphur [Scott County].
    • Kentucky
      • Caldwell County
      • This White Sulphur is located in Caldwell County and lies 302 miles [486 km]<2> to the northwest of the White Sulphur that is located in Hall County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Caldwell County community of White Sulphur.
      • Scott County
      • This White Sulphur is located in Scott County and lies 270 miles [434.5 km] to the north of the White Sulphur that is located in Hall County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Scott County community of White Sulphur.
    • Tennessee
      • Hardin County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of White Sulphur [Hardin County].
    • West Virginia
      • Greenbrier 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 West Virginia community of White Sulphur [Greenbrier County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near White Sulphur ...

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.

  • Beaver Pond
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Beaver Pond is located in Hall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Pond
  • Blueberry Hills
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Blueberry Hills is located in Hall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blueberry Hills
  • Cherokee Meadows
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Cherokee Meadows is located in Hall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Meadows
  • Destitute Acres
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Destitute Acres is located in Hall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Destitute Acres
  • Fleetwood
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Fleetwood is located in Hall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleetwood
  • Greenway
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Greenway is located in Hall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenway
  • Griffin Heights
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Griffin Heights is located in Hall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffin Heights
  • Happy Valley
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Happy Valley is located in Hall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Valley
  • Heather Heights
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Heather Heights is located in Hall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heather Heights
  • Lake Watch
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Lake Watch is located in Hall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Watch
  • New Holland
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • New Holland is located in Hall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Holland
  • Pine Point
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Pine Point is located in Hall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Point
  • Continue List   (9 more) ...
    • Quiet Place in the Woods
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Rabbitown
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Rabbitown is located in Hall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rabbitown
    • Rainbow Village
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Rainbow Village is located in Hall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainbow Village
    • River Point
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • River Point is located in Hall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Point
    • Riverbend
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Riverbend is located in Hall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverbend
    • Shady Lane
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Shady Lane is located in Hall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Lane
    • Shady Valley
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Shady Valley is located in Hall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Valley
    • Shamrock Heights
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Shamrock Heights is located in Hall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shamrock Heights
    • Sunset Heights
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Sunset Heights is located in Hall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Heights

How Far From White Sulphur to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers 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 Sulphur to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Gainesville, which is the Seat of Hall County, lies just to the Southwest.
  • Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 54 miles [86.9 km]<2> to the southwest (SW). If you could walk a straight line from White Sulphur to Atlanta, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 487 miles [783.8 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 19 days and walking would take 28 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,384 miles [10,274.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,088 miles [11,407 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,966 miles [7,992 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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 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 White Sulphur 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' (or 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- White Sulphur) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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 White Sulphur, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 White Sulphur 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 Sulphur. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.3562, Longitude: -83.7668       In this case, the coordinates for White Sulphur have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.911 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.369 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.892 degrees.