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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 Heritage Village, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Heritage 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 Heritage Village:
- 36.247917, -80.428666
- 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 Heritage 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 Forsyth County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Forsyth County
- Since Heritage Village is near Surry County and also Yadkin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Surry County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Yadkin 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 Heritage Village
Communities Also Named Heritage Village ...
We found six communities that are also named Heritage Village.
There is one other community in North Carolina that is also named Heritage Village.
Beyond North Carolina, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Located In North Carolina ...
- Pitt County
- This Heritage Village is located in Pitt County and lies 178 miles [286.5 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Heritage Village that is located in Forsyth County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pitt County community of Heritage Village.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Connecticut
- New Haven County
- This Heritage Village is located in New Haven County and lies 529 miles [851.3 km]<1> to the northeast of the Heritage Village that is located in Forsyth County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Haven County community of Heritage Village.
- Delaware
- Sussex County
- This Heritage Village is located in Sussex County and lies 311 miles [500.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Heritage Village that is located in Forsyth County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sussex County community of Heritage Village.
- New Jersey
- Burlington County
- This Heritage Village is located in Burlington County and lies 391 miles [629.3 km]<1> to the northeast of the Heritage Village that is located in Forsyth County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Burlington County community of Heritage Village.
- Ohio
- Tuscarawas County
- This Heritage Village is located in Tuscarawas County and lies 301 miles [484.4 km]<1> to the north of the Heritage Village that is located in Forsyth County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tuscarawas County community of Heritage Village.
- Virginia
- Fairfax 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 Virginia community of Heritage Village [Fairfax County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Heritage 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.
- Chestnut Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Chestnut Grove is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Grove
- Creek View
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Creek View is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creek View
- Flint Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Flint Hill is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Hill
- Hunter Meadows
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Hunter Meadows is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter Meadows
- Hunters Trace
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Hunters Trace is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Trace
- King
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pinnacle
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Poplar Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Poplar Springs is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Springs
- Shady Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Shady Grove is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Shoals
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Shoals is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoals
- Tobaccoville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Union Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Union Hill is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Hill
How Far From Heritage Village 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 Heritage Village to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Heritage Village and extending to:
- Winston - Salem, which is the Seat of Forsyth County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Heritage Village to Winston - Salem, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day 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 104 miles [167.4 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take 4 days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 260 miles [418.4 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 6,157 miles [9,908.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,859 miles [11,038.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,737 miles [7,623.5 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Heritage Village) 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Heritage Village 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 Heritage 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 Heritage Village. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.2479, Longitude: -80.4287 In this case, the coordinates for Heritage Village have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.976 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.421 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.029 degrees. |
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