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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 Colony Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Colony Park 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 Colony Park:
- 35.941811, -79.008066
- 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 Colony Park
- 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 Colony Park is near Durham County and also Chatham 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 Chatham 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 Colony Park
Communities Also Named Colony Park ...
We found five communities that are also named Colony Park.
There is one other community in North Carolina that is also named Colony Park.
Beyond North Carolina, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Located In North Carolina ...
- Durham County
- This Colony Park is located in Durham County and lies 3 miles [4.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the Colony Park that is located in Orange County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Durham County community of Colony Park.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Georgia
- Richmond County
- This Colony Park is located in Richmond County and lies 243 miles [391.1 km]<1> to the southwest of the Colony Park that is located in Orange County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Richmond County community of Colony Park.
- Illinois
- DuPage County
- 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 Illinois community of Colony Park [DuPage County].
- Louisiana
- Jefferson Parish
- 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 Louisiana community of Colony Park [Jefferson Parish].
- Tennessee
- Washington County
- This Colony Park is located in Washington County and lies 189 miles [304.2 km]<1> to the west of the Colony Park that is located in Orange County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Colony Park.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Colony Park ...
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.
- Cedar Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Hill is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hill
- Chapel Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Colony Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Colony Park is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colony Park
- Coventry
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Coventry is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coventry
- Davie Circle
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Davie Circle is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davie Circle
- Falconbridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Falconbridge is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falconbridge
- Five Oaks
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Five Oaks is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Oaks
- Greenwood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Greenwood is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Hickory Oaks
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Hickory Oaks is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Oaks
- Hidden Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hidden Hills is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Hills
- Ironwoods
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Ironwoods is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironwoods
- Lake Ellen
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Lake Ellen is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Ellen
- Pine Knob
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Pine Knob is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Knob
- Quail Run
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Quail Run is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Run
How Far From Colony Park 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 Colony Park to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Colony Park and extending to:
- Hillsborough, which is the Seat of Orange County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Colony Park to Hillsborough, 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 23 miles [37 km] to the east southeast (ESE). The buggy would take most of a day and walking would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 230 miles [370.1 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,109 miles [9,831.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,806 miles [10,953.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,686 miles [7,541.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Colony Park) 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Colony Park 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 Colony Park 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 Colony Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.9418, Longitude: -79.0081 In this case, the coordinates for Colony Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.159 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.44 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.564 degrees. |
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