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website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed
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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 Homestead Acres:
35.759860, -80.224772
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.
We found four communities that share the name Homestead Acres.
Within North Carolina, the name Homestead Acres is unique.
Beyond North Carolina, we know of another four communities that are located throughout in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Georgia
Bartow County
This Homestead Acres is located in Bartow County and lies 277 miles [445.8 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Homestead Acres that is located in Davidson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bartow County community of Homestead Acres.
South Carolina
Greenville County
This Homestead Acres is located in Greenville County and lies 132 miles [212.4 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Homestead Acres that is located in Davidson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greenville County community of Homestead Acres.
Tennessee
Blount County
This Homestead Acres is located in Blount County and lies 215 miles [346 km]<1> to the west of the Homestead Acres that is located in Davidson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Blount County community of Homestead Acres.
Bradley County
This Homestead Acres is located in Bradley County and lies 260 miles [418.4 km] to the west of the Homestead Acres that is located in Davidson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bradley County community of Homestead Acres.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Homestead Acres ...
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 Grove (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Silver Hill. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
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 Homestead Acres to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Homestead Acres and extending to:
Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 88 miles [141.6 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Homestead Acres to Raleigh, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 278 miles [447.4 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,170 miles [9,929.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,869 miles [11,054.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,748 miles [7,641.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Footnotes ...
<1>
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- Homestead Acres) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Homestead Acres. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.7599, Longitude: -80.2248 In this case, the coordinates for Homestead Acres have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>
The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<3>
An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<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 Homestead Acres to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.862 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.219 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.10 degrees.