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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 Pine Log Village, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pine Log Village 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 Pine Log Village:
- 34.990363, -83.957682
- 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 Pine Log Village
- 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 Clay County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clay County
- Since Pine Log Village is near Towns County and also Union County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Towns County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Union 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 Pine Log Village
Curious and Interesting Names Near Pine Log Village ...
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.
- Brasstown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Canal Lake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Canal Lake is located in Union County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canal Lake
- Population from the 2010 Census: 23,025 people
- Ebenezer
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Ebenezer is located in Union County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebenezer
- Fires Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Fires Creek is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fires Creek
- Gumlog
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Gumlog is located in Towns County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gumlog
- Ivylog
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Ivylog is located in Union County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivylog
- Martins Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Martins Creek is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martins Creek
- Mission
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Mission is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission
- Murphy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Peachtree
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Peachtree is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peachtree
- Pinelog
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Pinelog is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinelog
- Pleasant Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Union County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Trackrock ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Trackrock is located in Union County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trackrock
- Young Harris
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
How Far From Pine Log Village 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 Pine Log Village to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Pine Log Village and extending to:
- Hayesville, which is the Seat of Clay County, lies just to the East Northeast.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 304 miles [489.2 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Pine Log Village to Raleigh, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 18 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 12 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 467 miles [751.6 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 19 days and walking would take 27 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,363 miles [10,240.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,070 miles [11,378.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,947 miles [7,961.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Pine Log Village) 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 Pine Log Village 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 Pine Log Village. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.9904, Longitude: -83.9577 In this case, the coordinates for Pine Log Village have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.043 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.61 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.806 degrees. |
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