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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 Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pine Park 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 Park:
    • 30.851303, -84.101841
    • 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 Pine Park
  • 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 Pine Park ...

We found seven communities that share the name Pine Park.

Within Georgia, the name Pine Park is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Tuscaloosa County
      • This Pine Park is located in Tuscaloosa County and lies 257 miles [413.6 km]<1> to the northwest of the Pine Park that is located in Grady County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tuscaloosa County community of Pine Park.
    • Louisiana
      • East Baton Rouge Parish
      • This Pine Park is located in East Baton Rouge Parish and lies 416 miles [669.5 km]<1> to the west of the Pine Park that is located in Grady County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the East Baton Rouge Parish community of Pine Park.
    • Maine
      • Cumberland County
      • This Pine Park is located in Cumberland County and lies 1,150 miles [1,850.7 km]<1> to the northeast of the Pine Park that is located in Grady County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cumberland County community of Pine Park.
      • York 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 Maine community of Pine Park [York County].
    • Michigan
      • Grand Traverse 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 Michigan community of Pine Park [Grand Traverse County].
    • Mississippi
      • Rankin County
      • This Pine Park is located in Rankin County and lies 368 miles [592.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Pine Park that is located in Grady County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rankin County community of Pine Park.
    • Montana
      • Flathead County
      • This Pine Park is located in Flathead County and lies 1,984 miles [3,192.9 km]<1> to the northwest of the Pine Park that is located in Grady County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Flathead County community of Pine Park.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Pine Park ...

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.

  • Beverly ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beverly have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beverly
    • Beverly is located in Thomas County
  • Booker Heights
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Booker Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Booker Heights
    • Booker Heights is located in Thomas County
  • Cairo
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Good Hope ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Good Hope have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Hope
    • Good Hope is located in Grady County
    • Estimated population in 2019: 300 people
  • Long Branch
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Long Branch have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Branch
    • Long Branch is located in Grady County
  • Pebble Hill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pebble Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pebble Hill
    • Pebble Hill is located in Thomas County
  • Pleasant Grove
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
    • Pleasant Grove is located in Grady County
  • Pleasant Hill ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
    • Pleasant Hill is located in Grady County
  • Roddenberry
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Roddenberry have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roddenberry
    • Roddenberry is located in Grady County

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

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

  • Cairo, which is the Seat of Grady County, lies just to the West Northwest.
  • Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 201 miles [323.5 km]<1> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from Pine Park to Atlanta, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 12 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 684 miles [1,100.8 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 27 days and walking would take 39 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,561 miles [10,558.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,250 miles [11,667.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,134 miles [8,262.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

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

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 from Point A (ie- Pine Park) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Pine Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.8513, Longitude: -84.1018       In this case, the coordinates for Pine Park 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 Pine Park 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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Pine Park 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 311.933 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.903 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.84 degrees.









 

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