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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 Pinecrest Heights, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pinecrest 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 Pinecrest Heights:
    • 34.326211, -83.889625
    • 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 Pinecrest Heights
  • 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 Hall County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hall County
    • Since Pinecrest Heights is near Forsyth County and also Lumpkin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Forsyth County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lumpkin 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 Pinecrest Heights

Communities Also Named Pinecrest Heights ...

We found one communities that are also named Pinecrest Heights.

Within Georgia, the name Pinecrest Heights is unique.

Beyond Georgia, there is another community also named Pinecrest Heights in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Virginia
      • Fairfax 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 Virginia community of Pinecrest Heights [Fairfax County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Pinecrest 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.

  • Cherokee Hills
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Cherokee Hills is located in Hall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Hills
  • Cherokee Trail
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Cherokee Trail is located in Hall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Trail
  • Cherrywood
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Cherrywood is located in Hall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherrywood
  • Crown Point
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Crown Point is located in Hall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown Point
  • Green Hills
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Green Hills is located in Hall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hills
  • Greystone
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Greystone is located in Hall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greystone
  • Happy Valley
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Happy Valley is located in Hall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Valley
  • Holiday Hills
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Holiday Hills is located in Hall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Hills
  • Holland
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Holland is located in Hall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland
  • Keith Ferry
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Keith Ferry is located in Hall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keith Ferry
  • Lake Ranch
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Lake Ranch is located in Hall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Ranch
  • Looper Lake
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Looper Lake is located in Hall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Looper Lake
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Scoutland
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Scoutland is located in Hall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scoutland
    • Squirrel Creek
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Squirrel Creek is located in Hall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squirrel Creek
    • Summer Point
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Summer Point is located in Hall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer Point
      • Estimated population in 2019: 158 people
    • Tanner
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Tanner is located in Hall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanner
    • Twin Rivers
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Twin Rivers is located in Hall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Rivers
    • Wolfs Head
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Wolfs Head is located in Hall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolfs Head

How Far From Pinecrest Heights 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 Pinecrest Heights to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Pinecrest Heights and extending to:

  • Gainesville, which is the Seat of Hall County, lies just to the East Southeast.
  • Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 48 miles [77.2 km]<2> to the southwest (SW). If you could walk a straight line from Pinecrest Heights to Atlanta, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 493 miles [793.4 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 28 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,391 miles [10,285.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,095 miles [11,418.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,972 miles [8,001.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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 Pinecrest 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 '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- Pinecrest Heights) 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 Pinecrest Heights 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 Pinecrest Heights. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.3262, Longitude: -83.8896       In this case, the coordinates for Pinecrest Heights have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.982 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.446 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.948 degrees.