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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 Pineboro, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pineboro 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 Pineboro:
- 31.177964, -83.672670
- 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 Pineboro
- 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 Colquitt County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Colquitt County
- Since Pineboro is near Cook County and also Brooks County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cook County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Brooks 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 Pineboro
Curious and Interesting Names Near Pineboro ...
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.
- Barbers
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Barbers is located in Colquitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barbers
- Berlin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Cool Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Cool Springs is located in Colquitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cool Springs
- Flat Ford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Flat Ford is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Ford
- Marble ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Marble is located in Colquitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marble
- Murphy
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Murphy is located in Colquitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphy
- Norman Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Sunset
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Sunset is located in Colquitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset
How Far From Pineboro 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 Pineboro to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Pineboro and extending to:
- Moultrie, which is the Seat of Colquitt County, lies just to the West.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 182 miles [292.9 km]<2> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from Pineboro to Atlanta, with an average speed<3>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 11 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 651 miles [1,047.7 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 26 days and walking would take 37 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,527 miles [10,504.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,216 miles [11,613 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,100 miles [8,207.7 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 '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- Pineboro) 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 Pineboro 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 Pineboro. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.1780, Longitude: -83.6727 In this case, the coordinates for Pineboro have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.712 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.693 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.614 degrees. |
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