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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 Gatewood, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Gatewood 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 Gatewood:
- 36.537153, -79.400214
- 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 Gatewood
- 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 Caswell County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Caswell County
- Since Gatewood is near Pittsylvania County and also Danville City, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pittsylvania County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Danville City
- 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 Gatewood
Communities Also Named Gatewood ...
We found fifteen communities that are also named Gatewood.
There is one other community in North Carolina that is also named Gatewood.
Beyond North Carolina, we know of fourteen communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Located In North Carolina ...
- Union County
- This Gatewood is located in Union County and lies 127 miles [204.4 km]<1> to the southwest of the Gatewood that is located in Caswell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Union County community of Gatewood.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arizona
- Cochise 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 Arizona community of Gatewood [Cochise County].
- Georgia
- Clayton County
- This Gatewood is located in Clayton County and lies 351 miles [564.9 km]<1> to the southwest of the Gatewood that is located in Caswell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clayton County community of Gatewood.
- Sumter County
- This Gatewood is located in Sumter County and lies 413 miles [664.7 km] to the southwest of the Gatewood that is located in Caswell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sumter County community of Gatewood.
- Indiana
- Delaware 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 Indiana community of Gatewood [Delaware County].
- Hamilton County
- This Gatewood is located in Hamilton County and lies 430 miles [692 km]<1> to the northwest of the Gatewood that is located in Caswell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Gatewood.
- Kentucky
- Daviess County
- This Gatewood is located in Daviess County and lies 420 miles [675.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Gatewood that is located in Caswell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Daviess County community of Gatewood.
- Mississippi
- Yalobusha County
- This Gatewood is located in Yalobusha County and lies 610 miles [981.7 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Gatewood that is located in Caswell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Yalobusha County community of Gatewood.
- Missouri
- Ripley County
- This Gatewood is located in Ripley County and lies 647 miles [1,041.2 km]<1> to the west of the Gatewood that is located in Caswell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ripley County community of Gatewood.
- South Carolina
- Aiken County
- This Gatewood is located in Aiken County and lies 244 miles [392.7 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Gatewood that is located in Caswell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Aiken County community of Gatewood.
- Spartanburg County
- This Gatewood is located in Spartanburg County and lies 184 miles [296.1 km] to the southwest of the Gatewood that is located in Caswell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Spartanburg County community of Gatewood.
- Tennessee
- Gibson 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 Tennessee community of Gatewood [Gibson County].
- Texas
- Harris 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 Texas community of Gatewood [Harris County].
- Virginia
- Spotsylvania County
- This Gatewood is located in Spotsylvania County and lies 142 miles [228.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Gatewood that is located in Caswell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Spotsylvania County community of Gatewood.
- West Virginia
- Fayette County
- This Gatewood is located in Fayette County and lies 136 miles [218.9 km]<1> to the northwest of the Gatewood that is located in Caswell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Gatewood.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Gatewood ...
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 Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Cedar Park is located in Danville City (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Park
- Danville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Dundee
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Dundee is located in Pittsylvania County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundee
- Green Acres
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Green Acres is located in Pittsylvania County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
- Grove Park
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Grove Park is located in Danville City (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Park
- Mountain Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Mountain Hill is located in Pittsylvania County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Hill
- Park Spring
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Park Spring is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Spring
- Pleasant Grove
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Pittsylvania County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Providence
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Providence is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Sandy Shores
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sandy Shores is located in Danville City (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Shores
- Stokesland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Stokesland is located in Danville City (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stokesland
How Far From Gatewood 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 Gatewood to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Gatewood and extending to:
- Yanceyville, which is the Seat of Caswell County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Gatewood to Yanceyville, 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 67 miles [107.8 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 207 miles [333.1 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,100 miles [9,817 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,801 miles [10,945.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,679 miles [7,530.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 from Point A (ie- Gatewood) 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek 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 Gatewood 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 Gatewood 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 Gatewood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.5372, Longitude: -79.4002 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.373 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.773 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.524 degrees. |
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