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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 Wood Hills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Laurel Wood Hills 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 Laurel Wood Hills:
- 35.672915, -79.795033
- 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 Wood Hills
- 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 Randolph County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Randolph County
- Since Laurel Wood Hills is near Montgomery County and also Moore County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Montgomery County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Moore 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 Wood Hills
Curious and Interesting Names Near Laurel Wood Hills ...
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.
- Black Ankle
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Black Ankle is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Ankle
- Cedar Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Creek is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Creek
- Cedar Falls
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cedar Falls is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Falls
- Cedar Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Cedar Grove is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Farmer
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Farmer is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmer
- Flint Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Flint Hill is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Hill
- Grays Chapel
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Grays Chapel is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grays Chapel
- Hamlet Lakes
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Hamlet Lakes is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamlet Lakes
- Mechanic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Mechanic is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanic
- Parks Crossroads
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Parks Crossroads is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parks Crossroads
- Seagrove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
How Far From Laurel Wood Hills 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 Laurel Wood Hills 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 Wood Hills and extending to:
- Asheboro, which is the Seat of Randolph County, lies just to the North Northwest.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 65 miles [104.6 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could walk a straight line from Laurel Wood Hills 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 about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 269 miles [432.9 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,155 miles [9,905.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,853 miles [11,028.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,733 miles [7,617 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Laurel Wood Hills) 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 Wood Hills 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 Wood Hills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.6729, Longitude: -79.7950 In this case, the coordinates for Laurel Wood Hills have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.615 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.923 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.958 degrees. |
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