|
Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Wrens, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wrens 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 Wrens:
- 33.208185, -82.388132
- 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 Wrens
- 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 Jefferson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson County
- Since Wrens is near Glascock County and also Burke County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Glascock County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Burke 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 Wrens
Communities Also Named Wrens ...
We found one communities that are also named Wrens.
Within Georgia, the name Wrens is unique.
Beyond Georgia, there is another community also named Wrens in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Oregon
- Benton 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 Oregon community of Wrens [Benton County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Wrens ...
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.
- Bath
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bath is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bath
- Boneville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- David ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- David is located in Glascock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for David
- Dearing
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Dyes Crossroad
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Dyes Crossroad is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyes Crossroad
- Edie ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Edie is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edie
- Glovers Millpond
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Glovers Millpond is located in Glascock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glovers Millpond
- Happy Valley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Happy Valley is located in McDuffie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Valley
- Harlem
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Harts
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Harts is located in Glascock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harts
- Le Roy ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Le Roy is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Le Roy
- Louisville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Magnolia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Magnolia is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
- Noah
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Sawdust
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
How Far From Wrens 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 city such as Wrens to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Wrens and extending to:
- Louisville, which is the Seat of Jefferson County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Wrens to Louisville, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 121 miles [194.7 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 493 miles [793.4 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 28 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,378 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 7,072 miles [11,381.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,954 miles [7,972.7 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 Wrens 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Wrens) 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 Wrens 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 Wrens. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.2082, Longitude: -82.3881 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.076 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.245 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.655 degrees. |
|
|