Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Alamance, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Alamance and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Alamance

• 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 Alamance:
  • 36.028579, -79.489409
  • 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 Alamance

• 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 Alamance County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Alamance County
  • Since Alamance is near Guilford County and also Randolph County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Guilford County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Randolph 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 Alamance

Curious and Interesting Names Near Alamance ...

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.

• Cedar Crest
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Cedar Crest is located in Alamance County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Crest
• Graham
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Graham is located in Alamance County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 15,766 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Graham <1>
• Grove Park
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Grove Park is located in Alamance County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Park
• Mark View
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Mark View is located in Alamance County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mark View
• Pickwood Hills
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Pickwood Hills is located in Alamance County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickwood Hills
• Quail Hollow
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Quail Hollow is located in Alamance County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Hollow
• Random Hills
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Random Hills is located in Alamance County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Random Hills
• Rock Creek
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Rock Creek is located in Alamance County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
• Rockwood
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Rockwood is located in Alamance County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwood

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

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

• Graham, which is the Seat of Alamance County, lies just to the East Northeast.
• Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 50 miles [80.5 km]<2> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could walk a straight line from Alamance to Raleigh, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 239 miles [384.6 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,126 miles [9,858.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,825 miles [10,983.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,704 miles [7,570.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'