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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 Just-A-Mere Landing, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Just-A-Mere Landing 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 Just-A-Mere Landing:
- 36.154619, -79.142007
- 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 Just-A-Mere Landing
- 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 Orange County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Orange County
- Since Just-A-Mere Landing is near Caswell County and also Alamance County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Caswell County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Alamance 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 Just-A-Mere Landing
Curious and Interesting Names Near Just-A-Mere Landing ...
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.
- Arrowhead
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Arrowhead is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrowhead
- Cascades
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Cascades is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascades
- Cedar Grove
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Cedar Grove is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Deer Run
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Green Pines
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Hillcrest
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Hillcrest is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
- Larry Hall
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Laws
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Laws is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laws
- Miles
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Miles is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miles
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Mountain View
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mountain View is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View
- Orange Heights
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Orange Heights is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Heights
- Rosewood
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Rosewood is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosewood
- Springcrest Meadows
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Stagecoach Forest
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Stagecoach Forest is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stagecoach Forest
- Sunset Ridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sunset Ridge is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Ridge
How Far From Just-A-Mere Landing to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Just-A-Mere Landing to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Just-A-Mere Landing and extending to:
- Hillsborough, which is the Seat of Orange County, lies just to the South Southeast.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 38 miles [61.2 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could walk a straight line from Just-A-Mere Landing to Raleigh, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 221 miles [355.7 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,106 miles [9,826.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,804 miles [10,950 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,683 miles [7,536.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Just-A-Mere Landing) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Just-A-Mere Landing 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 Just-A-Mere Landing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.1546, Longitude: -79.1420 In this case, the coordinates for Just-A-Mere Landing have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.232 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.555 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.547 degrees. |
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