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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 Pebble Hill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pebble Hill 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 Pebble Hill:
    • 30.917415, -83.577940
    • 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 Pebble Hill
  • 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 Pebble Hill ...

We found four communities that share the name Pebble Hill.

There is one other community in Georgia which is also named Pebble Hill.

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

  • Communities Located In Georgia ...
    • Thomas County
      • This Pebble Hill is located in Thomas County and lies 27 miles [43.5 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Pebble Hill that is located in Brooks County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Thomas County community of Pebble Hill.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Wilcox County
      • This Pebble Hill is located in Wilcox County and lies 232 miles [373.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Pebble Hill that is located in Brooks County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wilcox County community of Pebble Hill.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Bucks 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 Pennsylvania community of Pebble Hill [Bucks County].
    • Tennessee
      • McNairy County
      • This Pebble Hill is located in McNairy County and lies 402 miles [647 km]<1> to the northwest of the Pebble Hill that is located in Brooks County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the McNairy County community of Pebble Hill.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Pebble Hill ...

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.

  • Barney
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Berlin
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Dixie
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Gates ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gates have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gates
    • Gates is located in Brooks County
  • Golden ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Golden have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden
    • Golden is located in Brooks County
  • Greggs
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greggs have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greggs
    • Greggs is located in Cook County
  • Jerusalem ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jerusalem have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerusalem
    • Jerusalem is located in Cook County
  • Kennedy ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kennedy have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennedy
    • Kennedy is located in Brooks County
  • Quitman
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Sand Hill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sand Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Hill
    • Sand Hill is located in Brooks County
  • Shiver
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shiver have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiver
    • Shiver is located in Brooks County
  • Spain
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spain have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spain
    • Spain is located in Brooks County

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

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

  • Quitman, which is the Seat of Brooks County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Pebble Hill to Quitman, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 201 miles [323.5 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 663 miles [1,067 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 26 days and walking would take 38 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,534 miles [10,515.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,222 miles [11,622.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,107 miles [8,218.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Pebble Hill. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Brooks County: www.brooks-county.org/

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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Pebble Hill) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Pebble Hill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.9174, Longitude: -83.5779       In this case, the coordinates for Pebble Hill 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Pebble Hill 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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<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 Pebble Hill to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.643 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.577 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.638 degrees.




 

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