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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 Laurel Heights, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Laurel Heights 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 Laurel Heights:
    • 33.684276, -84.798270
    • 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 Laurel Heights
  • 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 Douglas County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Douglas County
    • Since Laurel Heights is near Fulton County and also Paulding County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Fulton County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Paulding 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 Laurel Heights

Communities Also Named Laurel Heights ...

We found five communities that are also named Laurel Heights.

Within Georgia, the name Laurel Heights is unique.

Beyond Georgia, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Missouri
      • Jackson County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Laurel Heights [Jackson County].
    • South Carolina
      • Greenville County
      • This Laurel Heights is located in Greenville County and lies 160 miles [257.5 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Laurel Heights that is located in Douglas County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greenville County community of Laurel Heights.
    • Texas
      • Bexar County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Laurel Heights [Bexar County].
    • Virginia
      • Henrico County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Laurel Heights [Henrico County].
    • Washington
      • Snohomish County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Laurel Heights [Snohomish County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Laurel Heights ...

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.

  • Bent Pine
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Bent Pine is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bent Pine
  • Bright Star
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Bright Star is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bright Star
  • Captains Quarters
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Captains Quarters is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Captains Quarters
  • Carmel Chase
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Carmel Chase is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carmel Chase
  • Chapel Hill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Chapel Hill is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill
  • Dorris
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Dorris is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorris
  • Doublegate
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Doublegate is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doublegate
  • Evergreen
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Evergreen is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
  • Executive Heights
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Executive Heights is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Executive Heights
  • Fairplay
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Fairplay is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairplay
  • Gregory Heights
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Gregory Heights is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregory Heights
  • Heritage Valley
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Heritage Valley is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Valley
  • Continue List   (10 more) ...
    • Kings Point
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Kings Point is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Point
    • Lincoln Heights
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Lincoln Heights is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Heights
    • Orchard Park
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Orchard Park is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Park
    • Pumpkintown Ferry
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Pumpkintown Ferry is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pumpkintown Ferry
    • Rebel Trail
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Rebel Trail is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rebel Trail
    • Rivertown
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Rivertown is located in Fulton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rivertown
    • Springwood Village
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Springwood Village is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springwood Village
    • Sugar Creek
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Sugar Creek is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Creek
    • Sweetwater Bluff
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Sweetwater Bluff is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetwater Bluff
    • Timber Valley
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Timber Valley is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Valley

How Far From Laurel Heights 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 Laurel Heights to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Laurel Heights and extending to:

  • Douglasville, which is the Seat of Douglas County, lies just to the North Northeast.
  • Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 23 miles [37 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could walk a straight line from Laurel Heights to Atlanta, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 561 miles [902.8 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just over a day, a buggy would take 22 days and walking would take 32 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,459 miles [10,394.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,163 miles [11,527.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,041 miles [8,112.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Laurel Heights 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.
<2>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- Laurel Heights) 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 Laurel Heights 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 Laurel Heights. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.6843, Longitude: -84.7983       In this case, the coordinates for Laurel Heights have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.492 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.943 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.463 degrees.