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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 Mountainview Estates, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mountainview Estates and the surrounding area.
- 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 Mountainview Estates:
- 33.750941, -84.769103
- 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 Mountainview Estates
- 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 Mountainview Estates is near Paulding County and also Cobb County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Paulding County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cobb 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 Mountainview Estates
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mountainview Estates ...
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
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Bent Pine is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bent Pine
- Black Forest
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Black Forest is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Forest
- Bright Star
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Bright Star is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bright Star
- Captains Quarters
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Captains Quarters is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Captains Quarters
- Dorris
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Dorris is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorris
- English Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- English Heights is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Heights
- Evergreen
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Evergreen is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
- Executive Heights
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Executive Heights is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Executive Heights
- Gregory Heights
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Gregory Heights is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregory Heights
- Heritage Valley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Heritage Valley is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Valley
- Hickory Forest
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hickory Forest is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Forest
- Kellogg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Kellogg is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellogg
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Lincoln Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Lincoln Heights is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Heights
- Merlin Meadows
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Merlin Meadows is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merlin Meadows
- Rolling Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Rolling Hills is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Hills
- Springwood Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Springwood Village is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springwood Village
- Sugar Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Sugar Creek is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Creek
- Sunset Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Sunset Hill is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Hill
- Timber Valley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Timber Valley is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Valley
- Young Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Young Park is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Young Park
How Far From Mountainview Estates 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 Mountainview Estates to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Mountainview Estates and extending to:
- Douglasville, which is the Seat of Douglas County, lies just to the East.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could walk a straight line from Mountainview Estates to Atlanta, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day 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 557 miles [896.4 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<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,455 miles [10,388.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,159 miles [11,521.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,037 miles [8,106.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Mountainview Estates) 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 Mountainview Estates 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 Mountainview Estates. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.7509, Longitude: -84.7691 In this case, the coordinates for Mountainview Estates have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.478 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.936 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.436 degrees. |
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