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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 Pace, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pace 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 Pace:
    • 33.578724, -83.962965
    • 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 Pace
  • 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 Newton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Newton County
    • Since Pace is near Rockdale County and also Henry County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Rockdale County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Henry 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 Pace

Communities Also Named Pace ...

We found seven communities that are also named Pace.

Within Georgia, the name Pace is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Mississippi County
      • This Pace is located in Mississippi County and lies 377 miles [606.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Pace that is located in Newton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mississippi County community of Pace.
    • Florida
      • Santa Rosa County
      • This Pace is located in Santa Rosa County and lies 278 miles [447.4 km]<1> to the southwest of the Pace that is located in Newton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Santa Rosa County community of Pace.
    • Louisiana
      • Webster Parish
      • This Pace is located in Webster Parish and lies 544 miles [875.5 km]<1> to the west of the Pace that is located in Newton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Webster Parish community of Pace.
    • Mississippi
      • Bolivar County
      • This Pace is located in Bolivar County and lies 396 miles [637.3 km]<1> to the west of the Pace that is located in Newton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bolivar County community of Pace.
    • Missouri
      • Gasconade County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in Gasconade County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gasconade County community of Pace.
    • Tennessee
      • Henry County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Pace [Henry County].
    • Virginia
      • Halifax County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Pace [Halifax County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Pace ...

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.

  • Abide Awhile
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Abide Awhile is located in Newton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abide Awhile
  • Beaver Creek
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Beaver Creek is located in Newton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Creek
  • Brandy Shoals
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Brandy Shoals is located in Newton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandy Shoals
  • Fieldstone
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Fieldstone is located in Newton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fieldstone
  • Forest Lakes
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Forest Lakes is located in Newton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Lakes
  • Forest Mill
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Forest Mill is located in Newton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Mill
  • Fountain Hill ‑ Historic
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Fountain Hill is located in Rockdale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Hill
  • Fox Meadows
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Fox Meadows is located in Newton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Meadows
  • Hidden Shoals
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Hidden Shoals is located in Newton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Shoals
  • Knights Landing
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Knights Landing is located in Newton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knights Landing
  • Magnet
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Magnet is located in Rockdale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnet
  • Plum Orchard
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Plum Orchard is located in Newton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Orchard
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Porterdale
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • River North
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • River North is located in Newton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River North
    • Rogers Heights
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Rogers Heights is located in Newton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers Heights
    • Shoal Creek
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Shoal Creek is located in Newton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoal Creek
    • Slades Mill
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Slades Mill is located in Newton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slades Mill
    • Stone Creek
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Stone Creek is located in Newton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Creek

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

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

  • Covington, which is the Seat of Newton County, lies just to the East.
  • Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 27 miles [43.5 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could walk a straight line from Pace to Atlanta, with an average speed<5> 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 just over a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 532 miles [856.2 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,429 miles [10,346.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,129 miles [11,473 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,008 miles [8,059.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Pace) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Pace, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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 Pace 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.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<6>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 Pace 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 Pace. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.5787, Longitude: -83.9630       In this case, the coordinates for Pace have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.998 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.359 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.163 degrees.