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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 Moonlight Forest, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Moonlight Forest 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 Moonlight Forest:
    • 33.684830, -84.244366
    • 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 Moonlight Forest
  • 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 DeKalb County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for DeKalb County
    • Since Moonlight Forest is near Henry County and also Clayton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Henry County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Clayton 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 Moonlight Forest

Curious and Interesting Names Near Moonlight Forest ...

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.

  • Chapel Hill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Chapel Hill is located in DeKalb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill
  • Chapel Mill
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Chapel Mill is located in DeKalb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Mill
  • Cherry Ridge
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Cherry Ridge is located in DeKalb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Ridge
  • Cherrywood
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Cherrywood is located in DeKalb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherrywood
  • Chimney Ridge
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Chimney Ridge is located in DeKalb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chimney Ridge
  • Forest Ridge
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Forest Ridge is located in DeKalb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Ridge
  • Kings Row
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Kings Row is located in DeKalb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Row
  • Leisure Woods
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Leisure Woods is located in DeKalb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisure Woods
  • Lincolndale
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Lincolndale is located in DeKalb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincolndale
  • Panthersville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Panthersville is located in DeKalb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panthersville
  • Raiders Ridge
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Raiders Ridge is located in DeKalb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raiders Ridge
  • River Run
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • River Run is located in DeKalb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Run
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Riverchase
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Riverchase is located in DeKalb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverchase
    • Royal Oaks
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Royal Oaks is located in DeKalb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Oaks
    • Snapfinger
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Snapfinger is located in DeKalb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snapfinger
    • Willowcreek
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Willowcreek is located in DeKalb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willowcreek

How Far From Moonlight Forest 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 Moonlight Forest to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Decatur, which is the Seat of DeKalb County, lies just to the North Northwest.
  • Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could walk a straight line from Moonlight Forest to Atlanta, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 538 miles [865.8 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 21 days and walking would take 31 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,436 miles [10,357.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,138 miles [11,487.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,016 miles [8,072.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Moonlight Forest) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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.
<3>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 Moonlight Forest 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 Moonlight Forest. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.6848, Longitude: -84.2444       In this case, the coordinates for Moonlight Forest have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.167 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.568 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.246 degrees.