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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 Park Forest, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Park 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 Park Forest:
    • 33.778718, -84.682435
    • 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 Park 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 Douglas County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Douglas County
    • Since Park Forest is near Cobb County and also Paulding County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cobb County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Paulding 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 Park Forest

Communities Also Named Park Forest ...

We found seven communities that are also named Park Forest.

There is one other community in Georgia that is also named Park Forest.

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

  • Communities Located In Georgia ...
    • Clayton County
      • This Park Forest is located in Clayton County and lies 22 miles [35.4 km]<1> to the southeast of the Park Forest that is located in Douglas County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clayton County community of Park Forest.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Mobile County
      • This Park Forest is located in Mobile County and lies 294 miles [473.1 km]<1> to the southwest of the Park Forest that is located in Douglas County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mobile County community of Park Forest.
    • California
      • San Mateo County
      • This Park Forest is located in San Mateo County and lies 2,106 miles [3,389.3 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Park Forest that is located in Douglas County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Mateo County community of Park Forest.
    • Florida
      • Hillsborough County
      • This Park Forest is located in Hillsborough County and lies 413 miles [664.7 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Park Forest that is located in Douglas County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Park Forest.
    • Illinois
      • Cook County
      • This Park Forest is located in Cook County and lies 557 miles [896.4 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Park Forest that is located in Douglas County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cook County community of Park Forest.
    • Louisiana
      • East Baton Rouge Parish
      • This Park Forest is located in East Baton Rouge Parish and lies 437 miles [703.3 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Park Forest that is located in Douglas County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the East Baton Rouge Parish community of Park Forest.
    • Missouri
      • Platte County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Park Forest [Platte County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Park 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.

  • Chestnut Log
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Chestnut Log is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Log
  • County Line Heights
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • County Line Heights is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for County Line Heights
  • County Line Place
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • County Line Place is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for County Line Place
  • English Heights
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • English Heights is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Heights
  • Heritage Square
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Heritage Square is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Square
  • Hickory Forest
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Hickory Forest is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Forest
  • High Point
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • High Point is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Point
  • Kellogg
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Kellogg is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellogg
  • Meadowview
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Meadowview is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowview
  • Merlin Meadows
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Merlin Meadows is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merlin Meadows
  • Rocky Hills
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Rocky Hills is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Hills
  • Rolling Hills
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Rolling Hills is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Hills
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Skyview
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Skyview is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyview
    • Stoneybrook
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Stoneybrook is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoneybrook
    • Sunset Hill
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Sunset Hill is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Hill
    • Trail Creek
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Trail Creek is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trail Creek

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

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

  • Douglasville, which is the Seat of Douglas County, lies just to the West Southwest.
  • Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could walk a straight line from Park Forest to Atlanta, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of 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.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 552 miles [888.4 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,450 miles [10,380.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,154 miles [11,513.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,031 miles [8,096.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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- Park Forest) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Park Forest 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.
<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 Park 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 Park Forest. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.7787, Longitude: -84.6824       In this case, the coordinates for Park Forest have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.428 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.883 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.395 degrees.