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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 McAdoo Heights, we use the following websites to find information relevant to McAdoo Heights 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 McAdoo Heights:
    • 36.100969, -79.785309
    • 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 McAdoo Heights
  • 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 Guilford County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Guilford County
    • Since McAdoo Heights is near Rockingham County and also Forsyth County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Rockingham County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Forsyth 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 McAdoo Heights

Communities Also Named McAdoo Heights ...

We found one communities that are also named McAdoo Heights.

Within North Carolina, the name McAdoo Heights is unique.

Beyond North Carolina, there is another community also named McAdoo Heights in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Pennsylvania
      • Schuylkill County
      • This McAdoo Heights is located in Schuylkill County and lies 388 miles [624.4 km]<1> to the north northeast of the McAdoo Heights that is located in Guilford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Schuylkill County community of McAdoo Heights.

Curious and Interesting Names Near McAdoo Heights ...

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.

  • Fisher Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Fisher Park is located in Guilford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher Park
  • Forest Valley
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Forest Valley is located in Guilford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Valley
  • Green Valley
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Green Valley is located in Guilford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Valley
  • Greenfield
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Greenfield is located in Guilford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
  • Lake Daniel
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Lake Daniel is located in Guilford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Daniel
  • Lincoln Heights
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Lincoln Heights is located in Guilford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Heights
  • Oak Grove
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Oak Grove is located in Guilford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
  • Proximity
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Proximity is located in Guilford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Proximity
  • Spicewood
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Spicewood is located in Guilford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spicewood
  • Spring Valley
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Spring Valley is located in Guilford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
  • Summit Hills
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Summit Hills is located in Guilford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Hills
  • Sunset Hills
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Sunset Hills is located in Guilford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Hills
  • Three Meadows
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Three Meadows is located in Guilford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Meadows

How Far From McAdoo Heights 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 McAdoo Heights to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in McAdoo Heights and extending to:

  • Greensboro, which is the Seat of Guilford County, lies just to the South.
  • Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 67 miles [107.8 km]<1> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could walk a straight line from McAdoo Heights to Raleigh, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take three full 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 244 miles [392.7 km] to the northeast (NE). 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<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,136 miles [9,874.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,836 miles [11,001.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,714 miles [7,586.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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- McAdoo Heights) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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.
<3>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 McAdoo Heights 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 McAdoo Heights. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.1010, Longitude: -79.7853       In this case, the coordinates for McAdoo Heights have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.604 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.973 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.819 degrees.