Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Lowndesville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lowndesville and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Lowndesville

• 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 Lowndesville:
  • 34.210140, -82.647871
  • 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 Lowndesville

• 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 Lowndesville is near Anderson County and also Elbert County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Anderson 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 Lowndesville

Curious and Interesting Names Near Lowndesville ...

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
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • 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
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Coldwater is located in Elbert County (GA)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldwater
• Crafts Ferry
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Crafts Ferry is located in Elbert County (GA)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crafts Ferry
• Dover ‑ Historic
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Dover is located in Abbeville County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
• Duke ‑ Historic
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Duke is located in Abbeville County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duke
• Edinburg ‑ Historic
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Edinburg is located in Elbert County (GA)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edinburg
  • Estimated population in 2019: 1,396 people
• Harpers Ferry
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Harpers Ferry is located in Elbert County (GA)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harpers Ferry
• Pearl
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Pearl is located in Elbert County (GA)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl
• Rock Branch
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Rock Branch is located in Elbert County (GA)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Branch
• Rocky River ‑ Historic
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Rocky River is located in Abbeville County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky River

How Far From Lowndesville 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 town such as Lowndesville to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Lowndesville and extending to:

• Abbeville, which is the Seat of Abbeville County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Lowndesville to Abbeville, with an average speed<2> 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.
• Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 93 miles [149.7 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 most of three days and walking would take 6 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 448 miles [721 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<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,343 miles [10,208.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,043 miles [11,334.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,922 miles [7,921.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'