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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 Piney Hills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Piney Hills 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 Piney Hills:
    • 33.036791, -85.085495
    • 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 Piney Hills
  • 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 Troup County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Troup County
    • Since Piney Hills is near Chambers County and also Heard County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Chambers County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Heard 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 Piney Hills

Curious and Interesting Names Near Piney Hills ...

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.

  • Cannonville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Cannonville is located in Troup County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannonville
  • Eagles Rest
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Eagles Rest is located in Troup County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagles Rest
  • Heatherbrook
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Heatherbrook is located in Troup County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heatherbrook
  • Heritage Hills
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Heritage Hills is located in Troup County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Hills
  • Holly Hill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Holly Hill is located in Troup County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Hill
  • Lees Crossing
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Lees Crossing is located in Troup County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lees Crossing
  • Maplecreek Hills
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Maplecreek Hills is located in Troup County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplecreek Hills
  • Meadowlands
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Meadowlands is located in Troup County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowlands
  • River Trace
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • River Trace is located in Troup County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Trace
  • Riverview
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Riverview is located in Troup County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
  • Sassafrass Hills
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Sassafrass Hills is located in Troup County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sassafrass Hills
    • Estimated population in 2019: 255 people
  • Shady Oaks
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Shady Oaks is located in Troup County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Oaks
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Spring Valley
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Spring Valley is located in Troup County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
    • Sunny Point
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Sunny Point is located in Troup County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Point
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 1,303 people
    • Timber Ridge
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Timber Ridge is located in Troup County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Ridge
    • Wildwood
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Wildwood is located in Troup County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood

How Far From Piney Hills 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 Piney Hills to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Piney Hills and extending to:

  • LaGrange, which is the Seat of Troup County, lies just to the East.
  • Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 63 miles [101.4 km]<1> to the northeast (NE). If you could walk a straight line from Piney Hills to Atlanta, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 604 miles [972 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just over a day, a buggy would take 24 days and walking would take 35 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,502 miles [10,464 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,204 miles [11,593.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,082 miles [8,178.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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- Piney Hills) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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.
<3>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 Piney Hills 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 Piney Hills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.0368, Longitude: -85.0855       In this case, the coordinates for Piney Hills have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.629 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.011 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.725 degrees.