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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 Pike Acres, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pike Acres 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 Pike Acres:
- 32.667088, -83.648794
- 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 Pike Acres
- 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 Houston County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Houston County
- Since Pike Acres is near Bibb County and also Peach County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bibb County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Peach 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 Pike Acres
Curious and Interesting Names Near Pike Acres ...
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.
- Bass
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Bass is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bass
- Centerville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Danes Meadow
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Danes Meadow is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danes Meadow
- Dove Cove
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Dove Cove is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dove Cove
- Echo Glen
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Echo Glen is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo Glen
- Fairystone
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Fairystone is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairystone
- Hidden Oaks
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hidden Oaks is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Oaks
- Honey Ridge Plantation
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hunters Ridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Hunters Ridge is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Ridge
- Liberty View
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Liberty View is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty View
- Quail Meadow
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Quail Meadow is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Meadow
- Quail Run
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Quail Run is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Run
- Rutland
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Rutland is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutland
- Estimated population in 2019: 842 people
- Three Oaks
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Three Oaks is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Oaks
How Far From Pike Acres 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 Pike Acres to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Pike Acres and extending to:
- Perry, which is the Seat of Houston County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<2> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Pike Acres to Perry, 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 four to five hours.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 86 miles [138.4 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 567 miles [912.5 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 23 days and walking would take 33 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,457 miles [10,391.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,153 miles [11,511.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,034 miles [8,101.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Pike Acres) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Pike Acres 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 Pike Acres. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.6671, Longitude: -83.6488 In this case, the coordinates for Pike Acres have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.777 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.976 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.262 degrees. |
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