Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Milledgeville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Milledgeville and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Milledgeville
- 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 Milledgeville:
- 33.672360, -81.770664
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Milledgeville
- 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 Aiken County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Aiken County
- Since Milledgeville is near Edgefield County and also Saluda County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Edgefield County
- eBird sighting report for Saluda 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Milledgeville ...
We found nine communities that share the name Milledgeville.
Within South Carolina, the name Milledgeville is unique.
Beyond South Carolina, we know of another nine communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Georgia
- Baldwin County
- This Milledgeville is located in Baldwin County and lies 93 miles [149.7 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Milledgeville that is located in Aiken County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baldwin County community of Milledgeville.
- Illinois
- Carroll County
- This Milledgeville is located in Carroll County and lies 719 miles [1,157.1 km]<1> to the northwest of the Milledgeville that is located in Aiken County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Milledgeville.
- Indiana
- Boone County
- This Milledgeville is located in Boone County and lies 507 miles [815.9 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Milledgeville that is located in Aiken County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Boone County community of Milledgeville.
- Iowa
- Appanoose County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Milledgeville [Appanoose County].
- Kentucky
- Lincoln County
- This Milledgeville is located in Lincoln County and lies 315 miles [506.9 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Milledgeville that is located in Aiken County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lincoln County community of Milledgeville.
- North Carolina
- Montgomery County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Milledgeville [Montgomery County].
- Ohio
- Fayette County
- This Milledgeville is located in Fayette County and lies 421 miles [677.5 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Milledgeville that is located in Aiken County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Milledgeville.
- Pennsylvania
- Mercer County
- This Milledgeville is located in Mercer County and lies 546 miles [878.7 km]<1> to the north of the Milledgeville that is located in Aiken County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mercer County community of Milledgeville.
- Tennessee
- Chester County
- This Milledgeville is located in Chester County and lies 393 miles [632.5 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Milledgeville that is located in Aiken County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chester County community of Milledgeville.
- Georgia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Milledgeville ...
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.
- Balltown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast) - Camp Long
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east) - Eureka
(Less than 2 miles to the north) - Graniteville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graniteville
- Graniteville is located in Aiken County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Graniteville <4>
- Gregg Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gregg Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregg Park
- Gregg Park is located in Aiken County
- Hillview
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast) - Pine House Crossroads
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pine House Crossroads have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine House Crossroads
- Pine House Crossroads is located in Edgefield County
- Pinecrest
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south) - Rainbow Falls
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rainbow Falls have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainbow Falls
- Rainbow Falls is located in Aiken County
- Sunny Brook
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunny Brook have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Brook
- Sunny Brook is located in Aiken County
- Wise ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
How Far From Milledgeville 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 Milledgeville 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<5> community of Milledgeville once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Milledgeville and extending to:
- Aiken, which is the Seat of Aiken County, lies just to the South Southeast.
- Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 47 miles [75.6 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could walk a straight line from Milledgeville to Columbia, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 446 miles [717.8 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 18 days and walking would take 26 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,330 miles [10,187.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,024 miles [11,304 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,906 miles [7,895.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Aiken County: www.aikencounty.net/
The official website for State of South Carolina: https://sc.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Milledgeville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Milledgeville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.6724, Longitude: -81.7707 In this case, the coordinates for Milledgeville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Milledgeville 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. |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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 Milledgeville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Milledgeville to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.736 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.92 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.30 degrees. |