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 ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Park Forest
- 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.
- 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:
- 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:
- eBird sighting report for Cobb County
- 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Park Forest ...
We found seven communities that share the name Park Forest.
There is one other community in Georgia which is also named Park Forest.
Beyond Georgia, we know of another six communities that are located throughout 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.
- Clayton County
- 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].
- Alabama
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)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chestnut Log have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Log
- Chestnut Log is located in Douglas County
- County Line Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for County Line Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for County Line Heights
- County Line Heights is located in Douglas County
- County Line Place
(Less than 2 miles to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for County Line Place have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for County Line Place
- County Line Place is located in Douglas County
- English Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for English Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Heights
- English Heights is located in Douglas County
- Heritage Square
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Heritage Square have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Square
- Heritage Square is located in Douglas County
- Hickory Forest
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hickory Forest have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Forest
- Hickory Forest is located in Douglas County
- High Point
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for High Point have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Point
- High Point is located in Douglas County
- Kellogg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest) - Meadowview
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meadowview have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowview
- Meadowview is located in Douglas County
- Merlin Meadows
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Merlin Meadows have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merlin Meadows
- Merlin Meadows is located in Douglas County
- Rocky Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rocky Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Hills
- Rocky Hills is located in Douglas County
- Rolling Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rolling Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Hills
- Rolling Hills is located in Douglas County
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- Skyview
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east) - Stoneybrook
(Less than 2 miles to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stoneybrook have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoneybrook
- Stoneybrook is located in Douglas County
- Sunset Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunset Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Hill
- Sunset Hill is located in Douglas County
- Trail Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Trail Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trail Creek
- Trail Creek is located in Douglas County
- Skyview
How Far From Park Forest 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 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<4> 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<5> 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).<6>
- 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).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,031 miles [8,096.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Park Forest. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Douglas County: www.co.douglas.ga.us/
The official website for State of Georgia: https://georgia.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Park Forest) to Point B.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). |
| <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> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.428 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.883 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.395 degrees. |