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 Ponderosa Estates:
33.888993, -84.835495
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 Ponderosa Estates
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 Paulding County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found four communities that are also named Ponderosa Estates.
Within Georgia, the name Ponderosa Estates is unique.
Beyond Georgia, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Maryland
Saint Mary's County
This Ponderosa Estates is located in Saint Mary's County and lies 550 miles [885.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the Ponderosa Estates that is located in Paulding County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Mary's County community of Ponderosa Estates.
Tennessee
Hawkins County
This Ponderosa Estates is located in Hawkins County and lies 221 miles [355.7 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Ponderosa Estates that is located in Paulding County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hawkins County community of Ponderosa Estates.
Utah
Salt Lake County
This Ponderosa Estates is located in Salt Lake County and lies 1,546 miles [2,488 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Ponderosa Estates that is located in Paulding County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County community of Ponderosa Estates.
Washington
Pierce County
This Ponderosa Estates is located in Pierce County and lies 2,136 miles [3,437.6 km]<1> to the northwest of the Ponderosa Estates that is located in Paulding County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pierce County community of Ponderosa Estates.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Ponderosa Estates ...
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.
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 Ponderosa Estates to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Ponderosa Estates and extending to:
Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 27 miles [43.5 km]<1> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could walk a straight line from Ponderosa Estates to Atlanta, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 554 miles [891.6 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 22 days and walking would take 32 days.
The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,451 miles [10,381.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,156 miles [11,516.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,033 miles [8,099.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Ponderosa Estates) 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 Ponderosa Estates 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 Ponderosa Estates. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.8890, Longitude: -84.8355 In this case, the coordinates for Ponderosa Estates have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.523 degrees.
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.008 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.429 degrees.