Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Pond Fork, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pond Fork and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Pond Fork
- 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 Pond Fork:
- 34.207050, -83.695448
- 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 Pond Fork
- 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 Jackson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Jackson County
- Since Pond Fork is near Hall County and also Banks County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Hall County
- eBird sighting report for Banks 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Pond Fork ...
We found one communities that share the name Pond Fork.
Within Georgia, the name Pond Fork is unique.
Beyond Georgia, there is another community also named Pond Fork in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Curious and Interesting Names Near Pond Fork ...
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.
- Dry Pond
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east) - Eaglewood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west) - Ednaville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest) - Evergreen Heights
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Evergreen Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Heights
- Evergreen Heights is located in Hall County
- Fleetwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest) - Frontier Trail
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Frontier Trail have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frontier Trail
- Frontier Trail is located in Hall County
- Holders
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast) - Holly Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Springs
- Holly Springs is located in Jackson County
- Pleasant Brook
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Brook have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Brook
- Pleasant Brook is located in Hall County
- Sugar Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Hill
- Sugar Hill is located in Hall County
- Tanner Mill
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tanner Mill have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanner Mill
- Tanner Mill is located in Hall County
How Far From Pond Fork 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 Pond Fork to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<3> community of Pond Fork once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Pond Fork and extending to:
- Jefferson, which is the Seat of Jackson County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Pond Fork to Jefferson, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 50 miles [80.5 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 490 miles [788.6 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 28 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,388 miles [10,280.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,091 miles [11,411.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,969 miles [7,996.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Pond Fork) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Pond Fork. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.2071, Longitude: -83.6954 In this case, the coordinates for Pond Fork have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Pond Fork, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Pond Fork to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.864 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.294 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.902 degrees. |