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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 Avalon Bench, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Avalon Bench 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 Avalon Bench:
- 36.042667, -75.677955
- 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 Avalon Bench
- 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 Dare County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dare County
- Since Avalon Bench is near Currituck County and also Camden County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Currituck County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Camden 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 Avalon Bench
Curious and Interesting Names Near Avalon Bench ...
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.
- California
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- California is located in Dare County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for California
- Jay Crest
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Jay Crest is located in Dare County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jay Crest
- Kill Devil Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Kitty Hawk
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Kitty Hawk Beach
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Kitty Hawk Beach is located in Dare County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kitty Hawk Beach
- Nags Head
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ocean Dunes
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Ocean Dunes is located in Dare County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocean Dunes
- Sand Dollar Shores
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Sand Dollar Shores is located in Dare County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Dollar Shores
- Schooner Ridge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Schooner Ridge is located in Dare County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schooner Ridge
- Sea Hawk
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Sea Hawk is located in Dare County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sea Hawk
- Sound Side
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sound Side is located in Dare County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sound Side
- Spot
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Spot is located in Currituck County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spot
- Sunny Side
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Sunny Side is located in Dare County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Side
How Far From Avalon Bench 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 Avalon Bench to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Avalon Bench and extending to:
- Manteo, which is the Seat of Dare County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Avalon Bench to Manteo, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 166 miles [267.2 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 210 miles [338 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 12 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,959 miles [9,590.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,647 miles [10,697.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,531 miles [7,291.9 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Avalon Bench) 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 Avalon Bench 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 Avalon Bench. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.0427, Longitude: -75.6780 In this case, the coordinates for Avalon Bench have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.274 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.301 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.25 degrees. |
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