Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Lenox Castle, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lenox Castle and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Lenox Castle

• 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 Lenox Castle:
  • 36.300969, -79.554471
  • 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 Lenox Castle

• 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 Rockingham County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Rockingham County
  • Since Lenox Castle is near Caswell County and also Guilford 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 Guilford 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 Lenox Castle

Curious and Interesting Names Near Lenox Castle ...

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 Ridge
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Cedar Ridge is located in Rockingham County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Ridge
• Clover Garden
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Clover Garden is located in Alamance County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Garden
• Jones
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Jones is located in Caswell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones
• Locust Hill
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Locust Hill is located in Caswell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Hill
• Quick
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Quick is located in Caswell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quick
• Sandy Cross
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Sandy Cross is located in Rockingham County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Cross
• Stony Creek
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Stony Creek is located in Caswell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Creek
• Union Ridge
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Union Ridge is located in Alamance County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Ridge
• Village Oaks
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Village Oaks is located in Rockingham County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village Oaks
• Woodland Park
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Woodland Park is located in Rockingham County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Park

How Far From Lenox Castle 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 Lenox Castle to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Lenox Castle and extending to:

• Wentworth, which is the Seat of Rockingham County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Lenox Castle to Wentworth, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
• Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 62 miles [99.8 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 226 miles [363.7 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving 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 6,117 miles [9,844.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,817 miles [10,970.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,696 miles [7,557.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'