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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 Winston, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Winston 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 Winston:
    • 33.726714, -84.827191
    • 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 Winston
  • 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 Douglas County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Douglas County
    • Since Winston is near Paulding County and also Carroll County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Paulding County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Carroll 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 Winston

Communities Also Named Winston ...

We found sixteen communities that are also named Winston.

Within Georgia, the name Winston is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Florida
      • Polk County
      • This Winston is located in Polk County and lies 427 miles [687.2 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Winston that is located in Douglas County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Polk County community of Winston.
    • Illinois
      • Jo Daviess County
      • This Winston is located in Jo Daviess County and lies 665 miles [1,070.2 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Winston that is located in Douglas County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jo Daviess County community of Winston.
    • Kansas
      • Ellsworth 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 Kansas community of Winston [Ellsworth County].
    • Kentucky
      • Estill County
      • This Winston is located in Estill County and lies 277 miles [445.8 km]<1> to the north of the Winston that is located in Douglas County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Estill County community of Winston.
    • Maryland
      • Garrett 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 Winston [Garrett County].
    • Mississippi
      • Winston County
      • This Winston is located in Winston County and lies 232 miles [373.4 km]<1> to the west of the Winston that is located in Douglas County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Winston County community of Winston.
    • Missouri
      • Daviess County
      • This Winston is located in Daviess County and lies 666 miles [1,071.8 km]<1> to the northwest of the Winston that is located in Douglas County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Daviess County community of Winston.
      • Platte County
      • Although located in Platte County, we don't know the location within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Platte County community of Winston.
    • Montana
      • Broadwater County
      • This Winston is located in Broadwater County and lies 1,655 miles [2,663.5 km]<1> to the northwest of the Winston that is located in Douglas County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Broadwater County community of Winston.
    • New Brunswick
      • This Winston lies 1,376 miles [2,214.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Winston that is located in Douglas County.
    • New Mexico
      • Sierra County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Winston [Sierra County].
    • North Carolina
      • Forsyth 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 Winston [Forsyth County].
    • Oregon
      • Douglas County
      • This Winston is located in Douglas County and lies 2,164 miles [3,482.6 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Winston that is located in Douglas County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Douglas County community of Winston.
    • Virginia
      • Culpeper County
      • This Winston is located in Culpeper County and lies 499 miles [803.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the Winston that is located in Douglas County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Culpeper County community of Winston.
    • Washington
      • Lewis County
      • This Winston is located in Lewis County and lies 2,151 miles [3,461.7 km]<1> to the northwest of the Winston that is located in Douglas County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lewis County community of Winston.
    • West Virginia
      • Nicholas 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 West Virginia community of Winston [Nicholas County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Winston ...

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.

  • Ash
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Ash is located in Paulding County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ash
  • Bent Pine
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Bent Pine is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bent Pine
  • Black Forest
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Black Forest is located in Paulding County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Forest
  • Bright Star
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Bright Star is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bright Star
  • Captains Quarters
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Captains Quarters is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Captains Quarters
  • Dorris
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Dorris is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorris
  • Evergreen
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Evergreen is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
  • Executive Heights
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Executive Heights is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Executive Heights
  • Gregory Heights
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Gregory Heights is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregory Heights
  • Heritage Valley
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Heritage Valley is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Valley
  • Kings Point
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Kings Point is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Point
  • Lincoln Heights
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Lincoln Heights is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Heights
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Orchard Park
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Orchard Park is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Park
    • Ridge Corners
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Ridge Corners is located in Paulding County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridge Corners
    • Springwood Village
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Springwood Village is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springwood Village
    • Sugar Creek
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Sugar Creek is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Creek
    • Timber Valley
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Timber Valley is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Valley
    • Young Park
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Young Park is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Young Park

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

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

  • Douglasville, which is the Seat of Douglas County, lies just to the East Northeast.
  • Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 25 miles [40.2 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could walk a straight line from Winston to Atlanta, with an average speed<4> 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 most of a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 561 miles [902.8 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,459 miles [10,394.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,162 miles [11,526.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,040 miles [8,111.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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- Winston) 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Winston 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>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 Winston, 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 Winston 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 Winston. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.7267, Longitude: -84.8272    
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.511 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.971 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.465 degrees.