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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 Kyles Crossroads, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Kyles Crossroads 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 Kyles Crossroads:
- 35.735135, -80.944242
- 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 Kyles Crossroads
- 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 Iredell County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Iredell County
- Since Kyles Crossroads is near Catawba County and also Alexander County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Catawba County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Alexander 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 Kyles Crossroads
Curious and Interesting Names Near Kyles Crossroads ...
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.
- Buffalo
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Buffalo is located in Iredell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
- Cloverdale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cloverdale is located in Iredell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- Glenn Echo
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Glenn Echo is located in Iredell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenn Echo
- Green Acres
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Green Acres is located in Iredell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
- Hickory Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Hickory Hills is located in Iredell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hills
- Long Island
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Long Island is located in Catawba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Island
- Ourdell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ourdell is located in Iredell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ourdell
- Troutman
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Valley Stream
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Valley Stream is located in Iredell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Stream
How Far From Kyles Crossroads 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 Kyles Crossroads to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Kyles Crossroads and extending to:
- Statesville, which is the Seat of Iredell County, lies just to the Northeast.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 129 miles [207.6 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Kyles Crossroads to Raleigh, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 306 miles [492.5 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 18 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,202 miles [9,981.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,903 miles [11,109.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,781 miles [7,694.3 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Kyles Crossroads) 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 Kyles Crossroads 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 Kyles Crossroads. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.7351, Longitude: -80.9442 In this case, the coordinates for Kyles Crossroads have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.28 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.694 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.392 degrees. |
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