Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Mountain View:
  • 34.415929, -83.979353
  • 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 Mountain View

• 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 Hall County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Hall County
  • Since Mountain View is near Lumpkin County and also Dawson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Lumpkin County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Dawson 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 Mountain View

Curious and Interesting Names Near Mountain View ...

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.

• Big Oak
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Big Oak is located in Hall County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Oak
• Halfway ‑ Historic
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Halfway is located in Lumpkin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway
• Indian Hills
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Indian Hills is located in Hall County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Hills
• Lake Ranch
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Lake Ranch is located in Hall County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Ranch
• Lake Shore
  (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Lake Shore is located in Hall County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Shore
• Leisure Lake
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Leisure Lake is located in Hall County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisure Lake
• Lumpkin
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Lumpkin is located in Dawson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lumpkin
  • Estimated population in 2019: 1,266 people
• Price
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Price is located in Hall County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price
• Squirrel Creek
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Squirrel Creek is located in Hall County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squirrel Creek
• Wahoo Forest
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Wahoo Forest is located in Hall County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wahoo Forest
• Wahoo Valley
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Wahoo Valley is located in Hall County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wahoo Valley

How Far From Mountain View 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 Mountain View to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

• Gainesville, which is the Seat of Hall County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Mountain View to Gainesville, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
• Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 51 miles [82.1 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take most of three days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 493 miles [793.4 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 28 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,391 miles [10,285.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,095 miles [11,418.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,973 miles [8,003.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'