Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Crestview Acres, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Crestview Acres and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Crestview Acres

• 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 Crestview Acres:
  • 35.021538, -80.542567
  • 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 Crestview Acres

• 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 Union County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Union County
  • Since Crestview Acres is near Mecklenburg County and also Cabarrus County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Mecklenburg County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Cabarrus 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 Crestview Acres

Curious and Interesting Names Near Crestview Acres ...

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.

• Bakers
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Bakers is located in Union County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakers
• Bramblewood
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Bramblewood is located in Union County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bramblewood
• Camelot
  (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Camelot is located in Union County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot
• Council Oaks
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Council Oaks is located in Union County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Council Oaks
• Fowler Crossroads
  (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Fowler Crossroads is located in Union County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowler Crossroads
• Helms Park
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Helms Park is located in Union County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helms Park
• Hillcrest
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Hillcrest is located in Union County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
• Kingswood
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Kingswood is located in Union County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingswood
• Lee Wood
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Lee Wood is located in Union County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Wood
• Rolling Hills
  (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Rolling Hills is located in Union County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Hills
• Timber Lake
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Timber Lake is located in Union County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Lake
• Unionville
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Unionville is located in Union County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,344 people

How Far From Crestview Acres 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 Crestview Acres to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Crestview Acres and extending to:

• Monroe, which is the Seat of Union County, lies just to the Southwest.
• Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 119 miles [191.5 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Crestview Acres to Raleigh, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 330 miles [531.1 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 19 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,216 miles [10,003.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,913 miles [11,125.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,793 miles [7,713.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'