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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 Piedmont Heights, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Piedmont Heights 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 Piedmont Heights:
    • 32.991513, -85.207721
    • 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 Piedmont Heights
  • 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 Piedmont Heights ...

We found five communities that share the name Piedmont Heights.

Within Georgia, the name Piedmont Heights is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Chambers 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 Alabama community of Piedmont Heights [Chambers County].
    • Minnesota
      • Saint Louis 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 Minnesota community of Piedmont Heights [Saint Louis County].
    • North Carolina
      • Alamance County
      • This Piedmont Heights is located in Alamance County and lies 392 miles [630.9 km]<2> to the northeast of the Piedmont Heights that is located in Troup County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Alamance County community of Piedmont Heights.
      • Guilford County
      • This Piedmont Heights is located in Guilford County and lies 372 miles [598.7 km] to the northeast of the Piedmont Heights that is located in Troup County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Guilford County community of Piedmont Heights.
    • Virginia
      • Fauquier County
      • This Piedmont Heights is located in Fauquier County and lies 577 miles [928.6 km]<2> to the northeast of the Piedmont Heights that is located in Troup County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fauquier County community of Piedmont Heights.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Piedmont Heights ...

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.

  • Cannonville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cannonville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannonville
    • Cannonville is located in Troup County
  • Heatherbrook
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Heatherbrook have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heatherbrook
    • Heatherbrook is located in Troup County
  • Heritage Hills
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Heritage Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Hills
    • Heritage Hills is located in Troup County
  • Long Cane
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Long Cane have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Cane
    • Long Cane is located in Troup County
  • Maplecreek Hills
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maplecreek Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplecreek Hills
    • Maplecreek Hills is located in Troup County
  • River Trace
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for River Trace have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Trace
    • River Trace is located in Troup County
  • Shady Oaks
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shady Oaks have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Oaks
    • Shady Oaks is located in Troup County
  • Standing Rock
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Standing Rock
    • Standing Rock is located in Chambers County (AL)
  • Timber Ridge
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Timber Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Ridge
    • Timber Ridge is located in Troup County
  • Turkey Point
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Turkey Point have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey Point
    • Turkey Point is located in Troup County

How Far From Piedmont Heights to ...

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

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

  • LaGrange, which is the Seat of Troup County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Piedmont Heights to LaGrange, with an average speed<4> 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 70 miles [112.7 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 611 miles [983.3 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 24 days and walking would take 35 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,509 miles [10,475.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,211 miles [11,605 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,089 miles [8,190 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>

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

The official website for Troup County: www.troupcountyga.org/

The official website for State of Georgia: https://georgia.gov/

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 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 Piedmont Heights 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Piedmont Heights) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Piedmont Heights. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.9915, Longitude: -85.2077       In this case, the coordinates for Piedmont Heights have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Piedmont Heights 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 312.698 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.084 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.783 degrees.




 

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