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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 Clemmons, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Clemmons 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 Clemmons:
- 36.031670, -80.385873
- 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 Clemmons
- 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 Forsyth County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Forsyth County
- Since Clemmons is near Davie County and also Davidson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Davie County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Davidson 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 Clemmons
Communities Also Named Clemmons ...
We found one communities that are also named Clemmons.
Within North Carolina, the name Clemmons is unique.
Beyond North Carolina, there is another community also named Clemmons in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Colorado
- Elbert County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Clemmons [Elbert County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Clemmons ...
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.
- Advance
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Cinnamon Ridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cinnamon Ridge is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cinnamon Ridge
- Cutters Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Cutters Creek is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutters Creek
- Davie Gardens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Davie Gardens is located in Davie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davie Gardens
- Eaglewood
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Eaglewood is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eaglewood
- Five Points
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Five Points is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Grapewood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Grapewood is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grapewood
- Hanes
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hanes is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanes
- Harmony Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Harmony Grove is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Grove
- Hootstown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Hootstown is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hootstown
- Jonestown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Jonestown is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonestown
- Lewisville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Muddy Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Muddy Creek is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muddy Creek
- Robin Hood Trace
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Robin Hood Trace is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robin Hood Trace
- Robinhood Forest
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Robinhood Forest is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinhood Forest
- Rollingreen
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Rollingreen is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rollingreen
- Valley Oaks
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Valley Oaks is located in Davie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Oaks
How Far From Clemmons 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 village such as Clemmons to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Clemmons and extending to:
- Winston - Salem, which is the Seat of Forsyth County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Clemmons to Winston - Salem, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 99 miles [159.3 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 269 miles [432.9 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,165 miles [9,921.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,866 miles [11,049.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,744 miles [7,634.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Clemmons 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. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Clemmons) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Clemmons 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 Clemmons. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.0317, Longitude: -80.3859 In this case, the coordinates for Clemmons have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.953 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.363 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.079 degrees. |
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