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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 Pine Harbor, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pine Harbor 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 Pine Harbor:
    • 31.547443, -81.375379
    • 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 Pine Harbor
  • 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 McIntosh County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for McIntosh County
    • Since Pine Harbor is near Liberty County and also Long County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Liberty County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Long 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 Pine Harbor

Communities Also Named Pine Harbor ...

We found one communities that are also named Pine Harbor.

Within Georgia, the name Pine Harbor is unique.

Beyond Georgia, there is another community also named Pine Harbor in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • North Carolina
      • Mecklenburg County
      • This Pine Harbor is located in Mecklenburg County and lies 247 miles [397.5 km]<1> to the north of the Pine Harbor that is located in McIntosh County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mecklenburg County community of Pine Harbor.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Pine Harbor ...

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.

  • Cedar Point
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Cedar Point is located in McIntosh County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Point
  • Credit Hill
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Credit Hill is located in McIntosh County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Credit Hill
  • Crescent
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Drum Point Landing
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Drum Point Landing is located in Liberty County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drum Point Landing
  • Halfmoon Landing
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Halfmoon Landing is located in Liberty County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfmoon Landing
  • Jones
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Jones is located in McIntosh County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones
  • Meridian
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Raccoon Bluff
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Raccoon Bluff is located in McIntosh County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raccoon Bluff
  • Retreat
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Retreat is located in Liberty County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Retreat
  • Shellman Bluff
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)

How Far From Pine Harbor 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 Pine Harbor to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Darien, which is the Seat of McIntosh County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Pine Harbor to Darien, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
  • Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 232 miles [373.4 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 14 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 563 miles [906.1 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving 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 6,408 miles [10,312.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,091 miles [11,411.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,979 miles [8,012.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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 from Point A (ie- Pine Harbor) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Pine Harbor 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 Pine Harbor. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.5474, Longitude: -81.3754       In this case, the coordinates for Pine Harbor have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.451 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.291 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.71 degrees.