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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 Chesterfield Heights, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Chesterfield Heights 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 Chesterfield Heights:
- 36.282934, -76.251046
- 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 Chesterfield Heights
- 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 Pasquotank County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pasquotank County
- Since Chesterfield Heights is near Camden County and also Perquimans County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Camden County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Perquimans 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 Chesterfield Heights
Communities Also Named Chesterfield Heights ...
We found two communities that are also named Chesterfield Heights.
Within North Carolina, the name Chesterfield Heights is unique.
Beyond North Carolina, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
- Hillsborough County
- This Chesterfield Heights is located in Hillsborough County and lies 677 miles [1,089.5 km]<1> to the southwest of the Chesterfield Heights that is located in Pasquotank County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Chesterfield Heights.
- Virginia
- Norfolk City
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Chesterfield Heights [Norfolk City].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Chesterfield Heights ...
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.
- Brite Meadows
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Brite Meadows is located in Pasquotank County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brite Meadows
- Elizabeth City
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Forest Park
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Forest Park is located in Pasquotank County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Park
- Hickory Acres
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Hickory Acres is located in Pasquotank County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Acres
- Jethro Park
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Jethro Park is located in Pasquotank County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jethro Park
- Lumber Mill
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Lumber Mill is located in Pasquotank County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lumber Mill
- Oak Grove
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Oak Grove is located in Pasquotank County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Rabbit Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rabbit Corner is located in Pasquotank County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rabbit Corner
- Rosewood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Rosewood is located in Pasquotank County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosewood
How Far From Chesterfield Heights 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 Chesterfield Heights to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Chesterfield Heights and extending to:
- Elizabeth City, which is the Seat of Pasquotank County, lies just to the East Northeast.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 137 miles [220.5 km]<1> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Chesterfield Heights to Raleigh, with an average speed<4>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 185 miles [297.7 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,974 miles [9,614.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,665 miles [10,726.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,548 miles [7,319.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Chesterfield Heights) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Chesterfield Heights could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Chesterfield Heights 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 Chesterfield Heights. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.2829, Longitude: -76.2510 In this case, the coordinates for Chesterfield Heights have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.583 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.69 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.38 degrees. |
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