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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 Camden Acres, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Camden Acres 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 Camden Acres:
- 35.259850, -81.573981
- 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 Camden Acres
- 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 Cleveland County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cleveland County
- Since Camden Acres is near Cherokee County and also Rutherford County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cherokee County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rutherford 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 Camden Acres
Curious and Interesting Names Near Camden Acres ...
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.
- Boiling Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Buffalo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Buffalo is located in Cherokee County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
- Dover
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Dover is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Earl
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Earl is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earl
- Population from the 2020 Census: 261 people
- Elizabeth City
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Elizabeth City is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabeth City
- Erwinsville ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Erwinsville is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erwinsville
- Flint Hill ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Flint Hill is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Hill
- Landsdown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Landsdown is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landsdown
- Light Oak
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Light Oak is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Light Oak
- Pleasant Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Poplar Springs
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Poplar Springs is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Springs
- Rocky Brook
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Rocky Brook is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Brook
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Rollingwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Rollingwood is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rollingwood
- Shanghai
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Shanghai is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shanghai
- Sulphur Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Sulphur Springs is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Springs
- Zion
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Zion is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion
How Far From Camden Acres 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 Camden Acres to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Camden Acres and extending to:
- Shelby, which is the Seat of Cleveland County, lies just to the Northeast.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 168 miles [270.4 km]<2> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Camden Acres to Raleigh, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 354 miles [569.7 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 21 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,250 miles [10,058.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,951 miles [11,186.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,829 miles [7,771.5 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Camden Acres) 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 Camden Acres 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 Camden Acres. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.2599, Longitude: -81.5740 In this case, the coordinates for Camden Acres have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.646 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.044 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.781 degrees. |
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