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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 Hightowers, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hightowers 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 Hightowers:
- 36.327083, -79.243351
- 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 Hightowers
- 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 Hightowers is near Person County and also Orange County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Person County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Orange 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 Hightowers
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hightowers ...
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.
- Bushy Fork
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Bushy Fork is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushy Fork
- Cedar Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Cedar Grove is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Frogsboro
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Frogsboro is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frogsboro
- Green Pines
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Green Pines is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Pines
- Just Crossroads
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Just Crossroads is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Just Crossroads
- Laws
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Laws is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laws
- Locust Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Locust Hill is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Hill
- Longs Store
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Longs Store is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longs Store
- Pleasant Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Roseville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Roseville is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseville
- Stony Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Stony Creek is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Creek
- Yanceyville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
How Far From Hightowers 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 Hightowers to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Hightowers and extending to:
- Yanceyville, which is the Seat of Caswell County, lies just to the Northwest.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 50 miles [80.5 km]<2> to the southeast (SE). If you could walk a straight line from Hightowers to Raleigh, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 214 miles [344.4 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,102 miles [9,820.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,802 miles [10,946.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,681 miles [7,533.3 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 '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- Hightowers) 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 Hightowers 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 Hightowers. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.3271, Longitude: -79.2434 In this case, the coordinates for Hightowers have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.286 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.643 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.531 degrees. |
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