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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 Diamond Hill Spring, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Diamond Hill Spring 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 Diamond Hill Spring:
    • 34.210665, -82.712356
    • 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 Diamond Hill Spring
  • 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 Abbeville County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Abbeville County
    • Since Diamond Hill Spring is near Elbert County and also Anderson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Elbert County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Anderson 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 Diamond Hill Spring

Curious and Interesting Names Near Diamond Hill Spring ...

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.

  • Beverly
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Beverly is located in Elbert County (GA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beverly
  • Cherokee Ferry
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Cherokee Ferry is located in Elbert County (GA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Ferry
  • Coldwater
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Coldwater is located in Elbert County (GA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldwater
  • Crafts Ferry
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Crafts Ferry is located in Elbert County (GA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crafts Ferry
  • Duke ‑ Historic
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Duke is located in Abbeville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duke
  • Edinburg ‑ Historic
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Edinburg is located in Elbert County (GA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edinburg
    • Estimated population in 2019: 1,396 people
  • Harpers Ferry
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Harpers Ferry is located in Elbert County (GA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harpers Ferry
  • Pearl
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Pearl is located in Elbert County (GA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl
  • Rock Branch
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Rock Branch is located in Elbert County (GA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Branch
  • Rocky River ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Rocky River is located in Abbeville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky River

How Far From Diamond Hill Spring to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Diamond Hill Spring to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<1> community of Diamond Hill Spring once stood, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Diamond Hill Spring and extending to:

  • Abbeville, which is the Seat of Abbeville County, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<2> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Diamond Hill Spring to Abbeville, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 hours.
  • Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 96 miles [154.5 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 451 miles [725.8 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 18 days and walking would take 26 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,346 miles [10,212.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,046 miles [11,339.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,925 miles [7,926 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Diamond Hill Spring, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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- Diamond Hill Spring) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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.
<4>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 Diamond Hill Spring 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 Diamond Hill Spring. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.2107, Longitude: -82.7124       In this case, the coordinates for Diamond Hill Spring have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.291 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.634 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.517 degrees.