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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 Chanteloupe Country Estates, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Chanteloupe Country Estates and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Chanteloupe Country Estates
- 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 Chanteloupe Country Estates:
- 35.292061, -82.458731
- 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 Chanteloupe Country Estates
- 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 Henderson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Henderson County
- Since Chanteloupe Country Estates is near Greenville County and also Transylvania County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Greenville County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Transylvania 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 Chanteloupe Country Estates
Curious and Interesting Names Near Chanteloupe Country Estates ...
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.
- Bent Tree
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Bent Tree is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bent Tree
- Crooked Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Crooked Creek is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crooked Creek
- Echo Lakes
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Echo Lakes is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo Lakes
- English Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- English Hills is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Hills
- Flat Rock
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Flat Rock Forest
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Flat Rock Forest is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock Forest
- Glenn Brook
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Glenn Brook is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenn Brook
- Hillandale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hillandale is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillandale
- Kingswood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Kingswood is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingswood
- Laurel Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mountain Lake Camp
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Mountain Lake Camp is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Lake Camp
- Overlook
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Overlook is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overlook
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Pebble Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Pebble Creek is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pebble Creek
- Plantation Walk
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Plantation Walk is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plantation Walk
- Quail Hollow
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Quail Hollow is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Hollow
- Quail Ridge
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Quail Ridge is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Ridge
- Ravenwood
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Ravenwood is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravenwood
- Rosebud
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Rosebud is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosebud
- Sugar Hollow Farm
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Sugar Hollow Farm is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Hollow Farm
- Timbercreek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Timbercreek is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timbercreek
- Tranquility
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Tranquility is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tranquility
- Valley Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Valley Hill is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Hill
- Willow Bend
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Willow Bend is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Bend
How Far From Chanteloupe Country Estates to ...
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 Chanteloupe Country Estates to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Chanteloupe Country Estates and extending to:
- Hendersonville, which is the Seat of Henderson County, lies just to the North.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 217 miles [349.2 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Chanteloupe Country Estates to Raleigh, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take nearly four hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 13 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 388 miles [624.4 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 22 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,286 miles [10,116.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,990 miles [11,249.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,867 miles [7,832.7 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Chanteloupe Country Estates) 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 Chanteloupe Country Estates 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 Chanteloupe Country Estates. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.2921, Longitude: -82.4587 In this case, the coordinates for Chanteloupe Country Estates have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.164 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.643 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.123 degrees. |
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