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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 Charter Meadows, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Charter Meadows 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 Charter Meadows:
    • 36.177187, -79.006137
    • 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 Charter Meadows
  • 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 Orange County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Orange County
    • Since Charter Meadows is near Durham County and also Person County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Durham County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Person 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 Charter Meadows

Curious and Interesting Names Near Charter Meadows ...

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.

  • Arrowhead
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Arrowhead is located in Orange County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrowhead
  • Bahama
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Berryland
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Berryland is located in Orange County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berryland
  • Cascades
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Cascades is located in Orange County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascades
  • Deer Run
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Fieldstream
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Fox Run
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Fox Run is located in Durham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Run
  • Green Pines
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Greymoss
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Greymoss is located in Durham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greymoss
  • Havenhill
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Havenhill is located in Durham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havenhill
  • Heather Glen
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Heather Glen is located in Durham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heather Glen
  • Heritage Heights
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Heritage Heights is located in Durham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Heights
  • Continue List   (9 more) ...

How Far From Charter Meadows 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 Charter Meadows to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Charter Meadows and extending to:

  • Hillsborough, which is the Seat of Orange County, lies just to the Southwest.
  • Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 34 miles [54.7 km]<2> to the southeast (SE). If you could walk a straight line from Charter Meadows to Raleigh, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 216 miles [347.6 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,099 miles [9,815.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,797 miles [10,938.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,676 miles [7,525.3 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Charter Meadows) 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 Charter Meadows 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 Charter Meadows. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.1772, Longitude: -79.0061       In this case, the coordinates for Charter Meadows have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.153 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.468 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.486 degrees.