Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in The Country, we use the following websites to find information relevant to The Country and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for The Country
- 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 The Country:
- 36.046247, -79.517800
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on The Country
- 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:
- eBird sighting report for Alamance County
- Since The Country is near Guilford County and also Randolph County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Guilford County
- eBird sighting report for Randolph 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named The Country ...
We found one communities that share the name The Country.
Within North Carolina, the name The Country is unique.
Beyond North Carolina, there is another community also named The Country in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Blount 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 Alabama community of The Country [Blount County].
- Alabama
Curious and Interesting Names Near The Country ...
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
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast) - Cedar Crest
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Crest have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Crest
- Cedar Crest is located in Alamance County
- Graham
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Graham is located in Alamance County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 15,766 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Graham <3>
- Grove Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grove Park have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Park
- Grove Park is located in Alamance County
- Mark View
(Less than 2 miles to the north) - Pickwood Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pickwood Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickwood Hills
- Pickwood Hills is located in Alamance County
- Quail Hollow
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Quail Hollow have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Hollow
- Quail Hollow is located in Alamance County
- Random Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Random Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Random Hills
- Random Hills is located in Alamance County
- Rock Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rock Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
- Rock Creek is located in Alamance County
- Rockwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east) - Spring Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spring Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Spring Valley is located in Alamance County
How Far From The Country 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 The Country to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in The Country and extending to:
- Graham, which is the Seat of Alamance County, lies just to the East Northeast.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 52 miles [83.7 km]<4> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could walk a straight line from The Country to Raleigh, with an average speed<5> 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 239 miles [384.6 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 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,127 miles [9,860.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,825 miles [10,983.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,705 miles [7,572 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for The Country. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Alamance County: www.alamance-nc.com/
The official website for State of North Carolina: https://www.nc.gov/
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 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 The Country 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> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- The Country) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in The Country. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.0462, Longitude: -79.5178 In this case, the coordinates for The Country have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 The Country to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.45 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.789 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.73 degrees. |