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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 The Heather on Houston Lake, we use the following websites to find information relevant to The Heather on Houston Lake and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
    • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
    • The National Weather Service forecast for The Heather on Houston Lake
  • 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 The Heather on Houston Lake:
    • 32.505704, -83.664906
    • 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 The Heather on Houston Lake
  • 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 Houston County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Houston County
    • Since The Heather on Houston Lake is near Peach County and also Twiggs County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Peach County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Twiggs 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 The Heather on Houston Lake

Curious and Interesting Names Near The Heather on Houston Lake ...

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.

  • Beaver Creek
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Beaver Creek is located in Houston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Creek
  • Doublegate
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Doublegate is located in Houston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doublegate
  • Heard
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Heard is located in Houston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heard
  • Hickory Woods
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Hickory Woods is located in Houston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Woods
  • Houston Lake
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Houston Lake is located in Houston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston Lake
  • Houston Lake Woods
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Houston Lake Woods is located in Houston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston Lake Woods
  • Kathleen
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Pilgrim Rest
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Pilgrim Rest is located in Houston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilgrim Rest
  • Sand Bed
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Sand Bed is located in Houston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Bed
  • Settlers Landing
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Settlers Landing is located in Houston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Settlers Landing
  • Shady Grove
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Shady Grove is located in Houston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
  • Sleepy Hollow
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Sleepy Hollow is located in Houston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sleepy Hollow
  • Turtle Creek
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Turtle Creek is located in Houston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turtle Creek
  • Willow Run
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Willow Run is located in Houston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Run

How Far From The Heather on Houston Lake 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 The Heather on Houston Lake to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in The Heather on Houston Lake and extending to:

  • Perry, which is the Seat of Houston County, lies just to the Southwest.
  • Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 95 miles [152.9 km]<2> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from The Heather on Houston Lake to Atlanta, with an average speed<3>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 576 miles [927 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 23 days and walking would take 33 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,465 miles [10,404.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,160 miles [11,522.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,042 miles [8,114.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- The Heather on Houston Lake) 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 The Heather on Houston Lake 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 The Heather on Houston Lake. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.5057, Longitude: -83.6649       In this case, the coordinates for The Heather on Houston Lake have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.778 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.955 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.307 degrees.