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 Fairview Acres:
35.778763, -78.729172
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 Fairview 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 Wake County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found eight communities that are also named Fairview Acres.
Within North Carolina, the name Fairview Acres is unique.
Beyond North Carolina, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Louisiana
Natchitoches Parish
This Fairview Acres is located in Natchitoches Parish and lies 869 miles [1,398.5 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Fairview Acres that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Natchitoches Parish community of Fairview Acres.
Maryland
Carroll County
This Fairview Acres is located in Carroll County and lies 278 miles [447.4 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Fairview Acres that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Fairview Acres.
Washington County
This Fairview Acres is located in Washington County and lies 275 miles [442.6 km] to the north of the Fairview Acres that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Fairview Acres.
Missouri
Saint Francois County
This Fairview Acres is located in Saint Francois County and lies 667 miles [1,073.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Fairview Acres that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Francois County community of Fairview Acres.
Tennessee
Roane County
This Fairview Acres is located in Roane County and lies 327 miles [526.3 km]<1> to the west of the Fairview Acres that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Roane County community of Fairview Acres.
Virginia
Culpeper County
This Fairview Acres is located in Culpeper County and lies 186 miles [299.3 km]<1> to the north of the Fairview Acres that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Culpeper County community of Fairview Acres.
Mecklenburg County
This Fairview Acres is located in Mecklenburg County and lies 64 miles [103 km] to the north of the Fairview Acres that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mecklenburg County community of Fairview Acres.
West Virginia
Wood County
This Fairview Acres is located in Wood County and lies 286 miles [460.3 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Fairview Acres that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wood County community of Fairview Acres.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Fairview 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.
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 Fairview Acres to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Fairview Acres and extending to:
The White House (Washington, DC) is 234 miles [376.6 km]<1> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could drive a straight line from Fairview Acres to White House, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take nearly four hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 14 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 10 days.
The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,104 miles [9,823.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,800 miles [10,943.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,680 miles [7,531.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Fairview Acres) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>
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.
<3>
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 Fairview Acres 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 Fairview Acres. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.7788, Longitude: -78.7292 In this case, the coordinates for Fairview Acres have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.003 degrees.
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.238 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.509 degrees.