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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 Pleasantview, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pleasantview 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 Pleasantview:
    • 32.450699, -84.906597
    • 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 Pleasantview
  • 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 Muscogee County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Muscogee County
    • Since Pleasantview is near Russell County and also Chattahoochee County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Russell County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Chattahoochee 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 Pleasantview

Communities Also Named Pleasantview ...

We found four communities that are also named Pleasantview.

Within Georgia, the name Pleasantview is unique.

Beyond Georgia, we know of four communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these four communities, three are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Idaho
      • Oneida County
      • This Pleasantview is located in Oneida County and lies 1,639 miles [2,637.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Pleasantview that is located in Muscogee County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oneida County community of Pleasantview.
    • New Jersey
      • Somerset County
      • This Pleasantview is located in Somerset County and lies 793 miles [1,276.2 km]<1> to the northeast of the Pleasantview that is located in Muscogee County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Somerset County community of Pleasantview.
    • Newfoundland and Labrador
      • This Pleasantview lies 1,915 miles [3,081.9 km]<1> to the northeast of the Pleasantview that is located in Muscogee County.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Beaver 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 Pennsylvania community of Pleasantview [Beaver County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Pleasantview ...

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.

  • Booker Washington Heights
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Crossgate
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Crossgate is located in Muscogee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossgate
  • Edgewood Forest
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Edgewood Forest is located in Muscogee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewood Forest
  • Floyd Grove
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Floyd Grove is located in Muscogee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floyd Grove
  • Forest Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Forest Park is located in Muscogee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Park
  • Forestdale
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Forestdale is located in Muscogee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestdale
  • Georgetown
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Georgetown is located in Muscogee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
  • Holiday Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Holiday Park is located in Muscogee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Park
  • Holly Hills
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Holly Hills is located in Muscogee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Hills
  • Holly Woods
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Holly Woods is located in Muscogee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Woods
  • Lake Rushin Heights
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Lake Rushin Heights is located in Muscogee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Rushin Heights
  • Magnolia Grove
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Magnolia Grove is located in Muscogee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia Grove
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Merrywood
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Merrywood is located in Muscogee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrywood
    • Quail Creek
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Quail Creek is located in Muscogee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Creek
    • Regency Park
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Regency Park is located in Muscogee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Regency Park
    • Rosewood
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Rosewood is located in Muscogee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosewood
    • Valley Hills
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Valley Hills is located in Muscogee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Hills
    • Vista Terrace
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Vista Terrace is located in Muscogee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vista Terrace

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

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

  • Columbus, which is the Seat of Muscogee County, lies just to the West Northwest.
  • Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 94 miles [151.3 km]<1> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could drive a straight line from Pleasantview to Atlanta, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 626 miles [1,007.4 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 25 days and walking would take 36 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,521 miles [10,494.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,220 miles [11,619.5 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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Pleasantview) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek 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 Pleasantview 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>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 Pleasantview 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 Pleasantview. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.4507, Longitude: -84.9066       In this case, the coordinates for Pleasantview have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.492 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.771 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.788 degrees.