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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 Timberland Heights, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Timberland Heights 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 Timberland Heights:
    • 33.549279, -84.398537
    • 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 Timberland Heights
  • 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 Clayton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Clayton County
    • Since Timberland Heights is near Fayette County and also Fulton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Fayette County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Fulton 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 Timberland Heights

Communities Also Named Timberland Heights ...

We found one communities that are also named Timberland Heights.

Within Georgia, the name Timberland Heights is unique.

Beyond Georgia, there is another community also named Timberland Heights in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Iowa
      • Story County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Timberland Heights [Story County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Timberland Heights ...

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.

  • Camelot
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Camelot is located in Clayton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot
  • Clearbrook
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Clearbrook is located in Clayton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearbrook
  • Dix - Leeson
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Dix - Leeson is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dix - Leeson
  • Evans Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Evans Park is located in Clayton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans Park
  • Fox Run
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Fox Run is located in Clayton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Run
  • Frog Hollow
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Frog Hollow is located in Clayton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frog Hollow
  • Gamma
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Gamma is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gamma
  • Golden Meadows
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Golden Meadows is located in Clayton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Meadows
  • Green Acres
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Green Acres is located in Clayton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
  • Hickory Hills
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Hickory Hills is located in Clayton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hills
  • Holiday Hills
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Holiday Hills is located in Clayton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Hills
  • Kings Forest
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Kings Forest is located in Clayton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Forest
    • Estimated population in 2019: 17,949 people
  • Continue List   (8 more) ...
    • Mockingbird Hill
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Mockingbird Hill is located in Clayton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mockingbird Hill
    • Park Forest
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Park Forest is located in Clayton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Forest
    • Quail Valley
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Quail Valley is located in Clayton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Valley
    • Skylane Hills
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Skylane Hills is located in Clayton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skylane Hills
    • Spring Valley
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Spring Valley is located in Clayton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
    • Springview
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Springview is located in Clayton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springview
    • Steeplechase
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Steeplechase is located in Clayton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steeplechase
    • Timberlake
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Timberlake is located in Clayton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timberlake

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Timberland Heights and extending to:

  • Jonesboro, which is the Seat of Clayton County, lies just to the Southeast.
  • Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the north (N). If you could walk a straight line from Timberland Heights to Atlanta, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 551 miles [886.7 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 22 days and walking would take 32 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,449 miles [10,378.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,150 miles [11,506.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,029 miles [8,093.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Timberland Heights 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.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Timberland Heights) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Timberland Heights 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 Timberland Heights. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.5493, Longitude: -84.3985       In this case, the coordinates for Timberland Heights have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.251 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.647 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.339 degrees.