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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 Clover Garden, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Clover Garden 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 Clover Garden:
- 36.188469, -79.462801
- 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 Clover Garden
- 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 Alamance County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Alamance County
- Since Clover Garden is near Caswell County and also Guilford County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Caswell County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Guilford 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 Clover Garden
Curious and Interesting Names Near Clover Garden ...
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.
- Birchwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Birchwood is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birchwood
- Cedar Crest
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Cedar Crest is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Crest
- Graham
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Granite Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Granite Village is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite Village
- Green Acres
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Green Acres is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
- Green Level
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Green Level is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Level
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,341 people
- Grove Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Grove Park is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Park
- Haw River
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Hunting Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hunting Hills is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunting Hills
- Lakeview
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lakeview is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Mark View
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Mark View is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mark View
- Pleasant Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Random Hills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Random Hills is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Random Hills
- Spring Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Spring Valley is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Stony Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Stony Creek is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Creek
- Union Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Union Ridge is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Ridge
How Far From Clover Garden 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 Clover Garden to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Clover Garden and extending to:
- Graham, which is the Seat of Alamance County, lies just to the South Southeast.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 53 miles [85.3 km]<2> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could walk a straight line from Clover Garden to Raleigh, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 229 miles [368.5 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 6,118 miles [9,846 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,817 miles [10,970.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,696 miles [7,557.5 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Clover Garden) 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 Clover Garden 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 Clover Garden. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.1885, Longitude: -79.4628 In this case, the coordinates for Clover Garden have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.416 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.771 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.663 degrees. |
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