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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 Northlake, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Northlake 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 Northlake:
    • 32.475453, -81.784834
    • 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 Northlake
  • 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 Bulloch County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Bulloch County
    • Since Northlake is near Screven County and also Candler County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Screven County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Candler 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 Northlake

Communities Also Named Northlake ...

We found five communities that are also named Northlake.

There are two communities within Georgia that are also named Northlake.

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

  • Communities Located In Georgia ...
    • DeKalb 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 Georgia community of Northlake [DeKalb County].
    • Hall County
      • This Northlake is located in Hall County and lies 175 miles [281.6 km]<2> to the northwest of the Northlake that is located in Bulloch County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hall County community of Northlake.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Illinois
      • Cook County
      • This Northlake is located in Cook County and lies 732 miles [1,178 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Northlake that is located in Bulloch County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cook County community of Northlake.
    • South Carolina
      • Anderson County
      • This Northlake is located in Anderson County and lies 153 miles [246.2 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Northlake that is located in Bulloch County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anderson County community of Northlake.
    • Texas
      • Denton County
      • This Northlake is located in Denton County and lies 898 miles [1,445.2 km]<2> to the west of the Northlake that is located in Bulloch County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Denton County community of Northlake.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Northlake ...

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.

  • Brians Chase
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Brians Chase is located in Bulloch County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brians Chase
  • Eagle Court
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Eagle Court is located in Bulloch County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Court
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 164 people
  • Eureka
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Eureka is located in Bulloch County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
  • Foxlake
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Foxlake is located in Bulloch County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxlake
  • Greenwood
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Greenwood is located in Bulloch County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
  • Grove Lakes
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Grove Lakes is located in Bulloch County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Lakes
  • Hopeulikit
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Hopeulikit is located in Bulloch County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopeulikit
  • Irongate
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Irongate is located in Bulloch County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irongate
  • Kingswood
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Kingswood is located in Bulloch County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingswood
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Merrywood
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Merrywood is located in Bulloch County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrywood
    • Pine Cove
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Pine Cove is located in Bulloch County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Cove
    • Pine Needle Hills
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Pine Needle Hills is located in Bulloch County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Needle Hills
    • Quail Run
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Quail Run is located in Bulloch County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Run
    • Stadium Walk
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Stadium Walk is located in Bulloch County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stadium Walk
    • Woodlawn Terrace
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Woodlawn Terrace is located in Bulloch County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn Terrace

How Far From Northlake to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Northlake to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Statesborough, which is the Seat of Bulloch County, lies 18 miles [29 km]<2> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Northlake to Statesborough, with an average speed<3> 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 five to six hours.
  • Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 174 miles [280 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 517 miles [832 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 21 days and walking would take 30 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,384 miles [10,274.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,073 miles [11,382.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,958 miles [7,979.1 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Northlake 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Northlake) 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 Northlake 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 Northlake. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.4755, Longitude: -81.7848       In this case, the coordinates for Northlake have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.711 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.721 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.62 degrees.