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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 Wilmington Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wilmington Park and the surrounding area.
- 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 Wilmington Park:
- 31.993826, -80.988167
- 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 Wilmington Park
- 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 Wilmington Park is near Jasper County and also Beaufort 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 Beaufort 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 Wilmington Park
Communities Also Named Wilmington Park ...
We found one communities that are also named Wilmington Park.
Within Georgia, the name Wilmington Park is unique.
Beyond Georgia, there is another community also named Wilmington Park in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Los Angeles 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 California community of Wilmington Park [Los Angeles County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Wilmington Park ...
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.
- Bona Bella
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Bona Bella is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bona Bella
- Cedar Hammock
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Cedar Hammock is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hammock
- Cresthill
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Cresthill is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cresthill
- Fleetwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Fleetwood is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleetwood
- Golden Isles
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Gordonston
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Gordonston is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordonston
- Green Acres
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Green Acres is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
- Grove Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Grove Park is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Park
- Harbor Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Harbor Creek is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Creek
- Isle of Armstrong
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Isle of Armstrong is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isle of Armstrong
- Population from the 2010 Census: 2,402 people
- Isle of Hope
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Isle of Hope is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isle of Hope
- Kings Wood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Kings Wood is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Wood
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Magnolia Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Magnolia Park is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia Park
- Pin Point
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pin Point is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pin Point
- Pine Gardens
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pine Gardens is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Gardens
- Sackville ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Sackville is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sackville
- Skidaway Island
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Skidaway Island is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skidaway Island
- Sunset Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Sunset Park is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Park
- Thunderbolt
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Victory Heights
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Victory Heights is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victory Heights
How Far From Wilmington Park 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 Wilmington Park to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Wilmington Park and extending to:
- Savannah, which is the Seat of Chatham County, lies just to the Northwest.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 231 miles [371.8 km]<3> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Wilmington Park 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 14 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 525 miles [844.9 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 6,371 miles [10,253.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,055 miles [11,353.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,942 miles [7,953.4 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 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 Wilmington Park 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Wilmington Park) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Wilmington Park 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 Wilmington Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.9938, Longitude: -80.9882 In this case, the coordinates for Wilmington Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.253 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.125 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.459 degrees. |
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