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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 Anderson Heights, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Anderson 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 Anderson Heights:
    • 35.342642, -80.152279
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Anderson Heights
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Anderson Heights ...

We found two communities that share the name Anderson Heights.

There is one other community in North Carolina which is also named Anderson Heights.

Beyond North Carolina, there is another community also named Anderson Heights in the United States.

  • Communities Located In North Carolina ...
    • Wake County
      • This Anderson Heights is located in Wake County and lies 90 miles [144.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Anderson Heights that is located in Stanly County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wake County community of Anderson Heights.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Tennessee
      • Sullivan 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 Tennessee community of Anderson Heights [Sullivan County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Anderson 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.

  • Cedar Village
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Village
    • Cedar Village is located in Stanly County
  • Centurion Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Centurion Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centurion Park
    • Centurion Park is located in Stanly County
  • Forest Drive
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forest Drive have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Drive
    • Forest Drive is located in Stanly County
  • Greenwood Park
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenwood Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Park
    • Greenwood Park is located in Stanly County
  • Heathwood
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Heathwood have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heathwood
    • Heathwood is located in Stanly County
  • Holiday Shores
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holiday Shores have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Shores
    • Holiday Shores is located in Montgomery County
  • Palestine
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Palestine have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palestine
    • Palestine is located in Stanly County
  • River Haven
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for River Haven have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Haven
    • River Haven is located in Stanly County
  • Springhaven
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Springhaven have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springhaven
    • Springhaven is located in Stanly County
  • Sugarloaf Shores
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sugarloaf Shores have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugarloaf Shores
    • Sugarloaf Shores is located in Montgomery County
  • Woodrun
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woodrun have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodrun
    • Woodrun is located in Montgomery County

How Far From Anderson Heights to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Anderson Heights to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Albemarle, which is the Seat of Stanly County, lies just to the West Northwest.
  • Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 90 miles [144.8 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Anderson Heights to Raleigh, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 299 miles [481.2 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 17 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,185 miles [9,953.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,882 miles [11,075.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,762 miles [7,663.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Anderson Heights. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Stanly County: www.co.stanly.nc.us/

The official website for State of North Carolina: https://www.nc.gov/

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- Anderson Heights) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Anderson Heights. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.3426, Longitude: -80.1523       In this case, the coordinates for Anderson Heights have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Anderson 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.
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<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 Anderson Heights to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.824 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.113 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.20 degrees.









 

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