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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 Laurel Park Villas, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Laurel Park Villas and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Laurel Park Villas:
    • 35.310673, -82.484009
    • 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 Laurel Park Villas
  • 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 Henderson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Henderson County
    • Since Laurel Park Villas is near Transylvania County and also Buncombe County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Transylvania County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Buncombe 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 Laurel Park Villas

Curious and Interesting Names Near Laurel Park Villas ...

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.

  • Bent Tree
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Bent Tree is located in Henderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bent Tree
  • Crooked Creek
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Crooked Creek is located in Henderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crooked Creek
  • Echo Lakes
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Echo Lakes is located in Henderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo Lakes
  • English Hills
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • English Hills is located in Henderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Hills
  • Glenn Brook
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Glenn Brook is located in Henderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenn Brook
  • Green Acres
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Green Acres is located in Henderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
  • Holly Hill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Holly Hill is located in Henderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Hill
  • Hunter Crossing
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Hunter Crossing is located in Henderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter Crossing
  • Indian Cave Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Indian Cave Park is located in Henderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Cave Park
  • Indian Cove
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Indian Cove is located in Henderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Cove
  • Indian Hills
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Indian Hills is located in Henderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Hills
  • Laurel Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Mountain Lake Camp
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Mountain Lake Camp is located in Henderson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Lake Camp
    • Overlook
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Overlook is located in Henderson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overlook
    • Pebble Creek
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Pebble Creek is located in Henderson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pebble Creek
    • Plantation Walk
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Plantation Walk is located in Henderson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plantation Walk
    • Quail Hollow
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Quail Hollow is located in Henderson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Hollow
    • Quail Ridge
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Quail Ridge is located in Henderson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Ridge
    • Rosebud
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Rosebud is located in Henderson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosebud
    • Sky Village
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Sky Village is located in Henderson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sky Village
    • Stone Brook
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Stone Brook is located in Henderson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Brook
    • Sugar Hollow Farm
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Sugar Hollow Farm is located in Henderson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Hollow Farm
    • Terrace Gardens
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Terrace Gardens is located in Henderson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terrace Gardens
    • Timbercreek
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Timbercreek is located in Henderson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timbercreek
    • Tranquility
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Tranquility is located in Henderson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tranquility
    • Tree Haven
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Tree Haven is located in Henderson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tree Haven
    • Valley Hill
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Valley Hill is located in Henderson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Hill
    • Willow Bend
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Willow Bend is located in Henderson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Bend

How Far From Laurel Park Villas 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 Laurel Park Villas to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Laurel Park Villas and extending to:

  • Hendersonville, which is the Seat of Henderson County, lies just to the East Northeast.
  • Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 218 miles [350.8 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Laurel Park Villas to Raleigh, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take nearly four hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 13 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 9 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 388 miles [624.4 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 22 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,286 miles [10,116.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,990 miles [11,249.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,868 miles [7,834.3 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 '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- Laurel Park Villas) 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 Laurel Park Villas 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 Laurel Park Villas. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.3107, Longitude: -82.4840       In this case, the coordinates for Laurel Park Villas have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.179 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.663 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.128 degrees.