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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 Fearrington Village, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fearrington Village 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 Fearrington Village:
- 35.802119, -79.08993
- 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 Fearrington Village
- 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 Chatham County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Chatham County
- Since Fearrington Village is near Orange County and also Durham County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Orange County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Durham 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 Fearrington Village
Curious and Interesting Names Near Fearrington Village ...
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.
- Chapel Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Davie Circle
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Davie Circle is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davie Circle
- Falconbridge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Falconbridge is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falconbridge
- Greenwood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Greenwood is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Griffins Crossroads
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Griffins Crossroads is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffins Crossroads
- Gum Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Gum Springs is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Springs
- Hidden Hills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Hidden Hills is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Hills
- High Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- High Park is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Park
- Ironwoods
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Ironwoods is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironwoods
- Rangewood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Robins Wood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Robins Wood is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robins Wood
- Seaforth
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Seaforth is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seaforth
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Spring Valley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Spring Valley is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Stoney Brook
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Stoney Brook is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoney Brook
- White Cross
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- White Cross is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Cross
- Wildwood Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Wildwood Springs is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood Springs
How Far From Fearrington Village 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 Fearrington Village to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Fearrington Village and extending to:
- Pittsboro, which is the Seat of Chatham County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 25 miles [40.2 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could walk a straight line from Fearrington Village to Raleigh, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 241 miles [387.9 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,119 miles [9,847.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,815 miles [10,967.7 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 '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- Fearrington Village) 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 Fearrington Village 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 Fearrington Village. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.8021, Longitude: -79.0899 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.209 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.477 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.641 degrees. |
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