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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 Glenola, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Glenola 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 Glenola:
- 35.872914, -79.914759
- 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 Glenola
- 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 Randolph County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Randolph County
- Since Glenola is near Guilford County and also Davidson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Guilford County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Davidson 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 Glenola
Communities Also Named Glenola ...
We found one communities that are also named Glenola.
Within North Carolina, the name Glenola is unique.
Beyond North Carolina, there is another community also named Glenola in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Pennsylvania
- Lancaster County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Glenola [Lancaster County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Glenola ...
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.
- Allen Jay
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Allen Jay is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen Jay
- Bakertown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bakertown is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakertown
- Edgar
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Edgar is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgar
- Flint Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Flint Hill is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Hill
- Freeman Mill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Freeman Mill is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman Mill
- Miles Crossroad
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Miles Crossroad is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miles Crossroad
- Progress
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Progress is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Progress
- Ravenwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ravenwood is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravenwood
- Robins Nest
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Robins Nest is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robins Nest
- Stones Throw
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Stones Throw is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stones Throw
- Trinity
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Trinity Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Trinity Park is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity Park
How Far From Glenola 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 Glenola to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Glenola and extending to:
- Asheboro, which is the Seat of Randolph County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Glenola to Asheboro, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 71 miles [114.3 km] to the east (E). 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 4 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 261 miles [420 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 15 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,151 miles [9,899.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,850 miles [11,024 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,730 miles [7,612.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Glenola 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. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Glenola) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Glenola 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 Glenola. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.8729, Longitude: -79.9148 In this case, the coordinates for Glenola have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.682 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.029 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.942 degrees. |
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