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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 Skyline, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Skyline and the surrounding area.

  • 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 Skyline:
    • 33.588173, -83.755456
    • 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 Skyline
  • 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 Newton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Newton County
    • Since Skyline is near Walton County and also Jasper County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Walton County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Jasper 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 Skyline

Communities Also Named Skyline ...

We found fourteen communities that are also named Skyline.

Within Georgia, the name Skyline is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Jackson County
      • This Skyline is located in Jackson County and lies 159 miles [255.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Skyline that is located in Newton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Skyline.
    • Colorado
      • Arapahoe 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 Colorado community of Skyline [Arapahoe County].
      • El Paso County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Skyline [El Paso County].
    • Idaho
      • Bonneville 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 Idaho community of Skyline [Bonneville County].
    • Kentucky
      • Letcher County
      • This Skyline is located in Letcher County and lies 244 miles [392.7 km]<1> to the north of the Skyline that is located in Newton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Letcher County community of Skyline.
    • Maryland
      • Prince George's 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 Maryland community of Skyline [Prince George's County].
    • Minnesota
      • Blue Earth County
      • This Skyline is located in Blue Earth County and lies 912 miles [1,467.7 km]<1> to the northwest of the Skyline that is located in Newton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Blue Earth County community of Skyline.
    • Mississippi
      • Lee County
      • This Skyline is located in Lee County and lies 283 miles [455.4 km]<1> to the west of the Skyline that is located in Newton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lee County community of Skyline.
    • Montana
      • Lewis and Clark County
      • This Skyline is located in Lewis and Clark County and lies 1,741 miles [2,801.9 km]<1> to the northwest of the Skyline that is located in Newton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lewis and Clark County community of Skyline.
    • Nebraska
      • Douglas County
      • This Skyline is located in Douglas County and lies 864 miles [1,390.5 km]<1> to the northwest of the Skyline that is located in Newton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Douglas County community of Skyline.
    • North Carolina
      • Moore 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 North Carolina community of Skyline [Moore County].
    • Ohio
      • Hamilton 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 Ohio community of Skyline [Hamilton County].
    • Ontario
      • This Skyline lies 917 miles [1,475.8 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Skyline that is located in Newton County.
    • West Virginia
      • Mineral County
      • This Skyline is located in Mineral County and lies 471 miles [758 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Skyline that is located in Newton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mineral County community of Skyline.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Skyline ...

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.

  • Deer Track
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Deer Track is located in Newton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Track
  • Dixie
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Dixie is located in Newton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie
  • Dixie Village
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Dixie Village is located in Newton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie Village
  • Elk Ridge
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Elk Ridge is located in Newton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Ridge
  • Hidden Forest
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Hidden Forest is located in Newton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Forest
  • Hollow Hills
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Hollow Hills is located in Newton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollow Hills
  • Hub Junction
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Hub Junction is located in Newton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hub Junction
  • Melody
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Melody is located in Newton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melody
  • Oak Grove
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Oak Grove is located in Newton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
  • Quail Valley
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Quail Valley is located in Newton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Valley
  • River Cove
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • River Cove is located in Newton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Cove
  • Willow Woods
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Willow Woods is located in Newton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Woods

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

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

  • Covington, which is the Seat of Newton County, lies just to the West.
  • Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 38 miles [61.2 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could walk a straight line from Skyline to Atlanta, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 523 miles [841.7 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 21 days and walking would take 30 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,419 miles [10,330.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,119 miles [11,456.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,999 miles [8,045.1 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- Skyline) 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 Skyline 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 Skyline 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 Skyline. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.5882, Longitude: -83.7555       In this case, the coordinates for Skyline have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.877 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.221 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.08 degrees.