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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 Chambert Forest, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Chambert Forest 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 Chambert Forest:
- 34.440105, -82.720413
- 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 Chambert Forest
- 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 Anderson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Anderson County
- Since Chambert Forest is near Hart County and also Elbert County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hart County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Elbert 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 Chambert Forest
Curious and Interesting Names Near Chambert Forest ...
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.
- Cherokee Farms
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cherokee Farms is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Farms
- Clover Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Clover Hill is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Hill
- Cloverdale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cloverdale is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- Evergreen Hills
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Evergreen Hills is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Hills
- Flat Rock
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Flat Rock is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
- Green Acres
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Green Acres is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
- Homeland Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Homeland Park is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homeland Park
- Indian Trail
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Indian Trail is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Trail
- Lakefront
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Lakefront is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakefront
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Lyonswood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lyonswood is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyonswood
- Meadow Fields
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Meadow Fields is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Fields
- Meadow Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Meadow Park is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Park
- Mountain Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Mountain Creek is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Creek
- Regency Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Regency Park is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Regency Park
- Regency Woods
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Regency Woods is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Regency Woods
How Far From Chambert Forest to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Chambert Forest to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Chambert Forest and extending to:
- Anderson, which is the Seat of Anderson County, lies just to the Northeast.
- Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 100 miles [160.9 km]<1> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Chambert Forest to Columbia, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 440 miles [708.1 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 18 days and walking would take 25 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,336 miles [10,196.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,037 miles [11,325 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,916 miles [7,911.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Chambert Forest) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Chambert Forest 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 Chambert Forest. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.4401, Longitude: -82.7204 In this case, the coordinates for Chambert Forest have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.301 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.679 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.459 degrees. |
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