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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 Maple Grove Acres, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Maple Grove Acres 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 Maple Grove Acres:
- 36.040693, -79.377241
- 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 Maple Grove Acres
- 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 Alamance County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Alamance County
- Since Maple Grove Acres is near Orange County and also Guilford County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Orange 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 Maple Grove Acres
Curious and Interesting Names Near Maple Grove Acres ...
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 Crest
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Crest is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Crest
- Florence Town
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Florence Town is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence Town
- Graham
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Granite Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Granite Village is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite Village
- Green Level
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Green Level is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Level
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,341 people
- Grove Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Grove Park is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Park
- Haw River
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Hawfields
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Hawfields is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawfields
- Pickwood Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Pickwood Hills is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickwood Hills
- Quail Hollow
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Quail Hollow is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Hollow
- Rockwood
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Rockwood is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwood
How Far From Maple Grove Acres 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 Maple Grove Acres to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Maple Grove Acres and extending to:
- Graham, which is the Seat of Alamance County, lies just to the North Northwest.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 44 miles [70.8 km]<2> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could walk a straight line from Maple Grove Acres to Raleigh, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 235 miles [378.2 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 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,121 miles [9,850.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,819 miles [10,974.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,699 miles [7,562.3 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Maple Grove Acres) 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 Maple Grove Acres 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 Maple Grove Acres. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.0407, Longitude: -79.3772 In this case, the coordinates for Maple Grove Acres have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.369 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.696 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.677 degrees. |
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