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 British Woods:
35.143200, -80.891740
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 British Woods
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 Mecklenburg County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found four communities that are also named British Woods.
There are three communities within North Carolina that are also named British Woods.
Beyond North Carolina, there is another community also named British Woods in the United States.
Communities Located In North Carolina ...
Caldwell County
This British Woods is located in Caldwell County and lies 63 miles [101.4 km]<1> to the northwest of the British Woods that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Caldwell County community of British Woods.
Guilford County
This British Woods is located in Guilford County and lies 89 miles [143.2 km]<1> to the northeast of the British Woods that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Guilford County community of British Woods.
Wilson County
This British Woods is located in Wilson County and lies 170 miles [273.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the British Woods that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wilson County community of British Woods.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Virginia
Botetourt County
This British Woods is located in Botetourt County and lies 162 miles [260.7 km]<1> to the north northeast of the British Woods that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Botetourt County community of British Woods.
Curious and Interesting Names Near British Woods ...
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.
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 British Woods to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in British Woods and extending to:
Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 133 miles [214 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from British Woods to Raleigh, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 335 miles [539.1 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 19 days.
The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,226 miles [10,019.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,924 miles [11,143.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,804 miles [7,731.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
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 from Point A (ie- British Woods) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
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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.
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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 British Woods 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 British Woods. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.1432, Longitude: -80.8917 In this case, the coordinates for British Woods have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.25 degrees.
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.573 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.548 degrees.