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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 Glendale Springs, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Glendale Springs 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 Glendale Springs:
- 36.345197, -81.380494
- 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 Glendale Springs
- 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 Ashe County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ashe County
- Since Glendale Springs is near Wilkes County and also Alleghany County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wilkes County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Alleghany 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 Glendale Springs
Curious and Interesting Names Near Glendale Springs ...
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.
- Beaver Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Beaver Creek is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Creek
- Fleetwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Idlewild
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Idlewild is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idlewild
- Lester ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Lester is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lester
- Nathans Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Nathans Creek is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nathans Creek
- Ore Knob
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Ore Knob is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ore Knob
- Orion
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Oval
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Oval is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oval
- Parsonville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Parsonville is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parsonville
How Far From Glendale Springs to ...
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 Glendale Springs to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Glendale Springs and extending to:
- Jefferson, which is the Seat of Ashe County, lies just to the Northwest.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 157 miles [252.7 km]<2> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Glendale Springs to Raleigh, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 295 miles [474.8 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 17 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,193 miles [9,966.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,898 miles [11,101.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,775 miles [7,684.6 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Glendale Springs) 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 Glendale Springs 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 Glendale Springs. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.3452, Longitude: -81.3805 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.534 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.073 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.383 degrees. |
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