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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 Williamsburg Manor, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Williamsburg Manor 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 Williamsburg Manor:
    • 31.993266, -81.149278
    • 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 Williamsburg Manor
  • 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 Williamsburg Manor 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 Williamsburg Manor

Communities Also Named Williamsburg Manor ...

We found five communities that are also named Williamsburg Manor.

Within Georgia, the name Williamsburg Manor is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Indiana
      • Porter County
      • This Williamsburg Manor is located in Porter County and lies 728 miles [1,171.6 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Williamsburg Manor that is located in Chatham County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Porter County community of Williamsburg Manor.
    • North Carolina
      • Wake County
      • This Williamsburg Manor is located in Wake County and lies 294 miles [473.1 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Williamsburg Manor that is located in Chatham County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wake County community of Williamsburg Manor.
    • South Carolina
      • Anderson County
      • This Williamsburg Manor is located in Anderson County and lies 193 miles [310.6 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Williamsburg Manor that is located in Chatham County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anderson County community of Williamsburg Manor.
    • Virginia
      • Amherst County
      • This Williamsburg Manor is located in Amherst County and lies 395 miles [635.7 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Williamsburg Manor that is located in Chatham County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Amherst County community of Williamsburg Manor.
      • 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 Williamsburg Manor [Fairfax County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Williamsburg Manor ...

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 south)
    • Cedar Grove is located in Chatham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
  • Cedar Hammock
    (4 miles [6.4 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
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Cresthill is located in Chatham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cresthill
  • Georgetown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Grove Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Grove Park is located in Chatham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Park
  • Grove Point
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Grove Point is located in Chatham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Point
  • Groveland
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Groveland is located in Chatham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groveland
  • Grubbs
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Grubbs is located in Chatham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grubbs
  • Halcyon Bluff
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Halcyon Bluff is located in Chatham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halcyon Bluff
  • Kings Wood
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Kings Wood is located in Chatham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Wood
  • Liberty City
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Liberty City is located in Chatham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty City
  • Continue List   (8 more) ...
    • Magnolia Park
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Magnolia Park is located in Chatham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia Park
    • Mount Pleasant
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Mount Pleasant is located in Chatham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
    • Pin Point
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Pin Point is located in Chatham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pin Point
    • Rivers End
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Rivers End is located in Chatham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rivers End
    • Rose Hill
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Rose Hill is located in Chatham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
    • Sackville ‑ Historic
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Sackville is located in Chatham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sackville
    • Silk Hope
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Silk Hope is located in Chatham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silk Hope
    • Union Junction
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Union Junction is located in Chatham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Junction
      • Estimated population in 2019: 1,899 people

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Williamsburg Manor 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 223 miles [358.9 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Williamsburg Manor to Atlanta, with an average speed<4>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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,378 miles [10,264.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,062 miles [11,365.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,950 miles [7,966.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Williamsburg Manor) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 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 Williamsburg Manor 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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Williamsburg Manor 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 Williamsburg Manor. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.9933, Longitude: -81.1493       In this case, the coordinates for Williamsburg Manor have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.342 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.228 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.516 degrees.