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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 McLeansville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to McLeansville 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 McLeansville:
- 36.107513, -79.658209
- 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 McLeansville
- 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 McLeansville is near Alamance County and also Rockingham County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Alamance County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rockingham 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 McLeansville
Curious and Interesting Names Near McLeansville ...
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
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Fisher Park is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher Park
- Forest Oaks
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Forest Oaks is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Oaks
- Green Valley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Green Valley is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Valley
- Greenfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Greenfield is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
- Lake Daniel
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Lake Daniel is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Daniel
- Lincoln Heights
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lincoln Heights is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Heights
- Mark View
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Mark View is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mark View
- Oak Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Grove is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Proximity
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Proximity is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Proximity
- Random Hills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Random Hills is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Random Hills
- Rocky Knoll
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Rocky Knoll is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Knoll
- Spicewood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Spring Valley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Spring Valley is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Summit Hills
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Summit Hills is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Hills
- Sunset Hills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Sunset Hills is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Hills
- Three Meadows
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Three Meadows is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Meadows
How Far From McLeansville 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 McLeansville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in McLeansville and extending to:
- Greensboro, which is the Seat of Guilford County, lies just to the West Southwest.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 61 miles [98.2 km]<1> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could walk a straight line from McLeansville to Raleigh, with an average speed<2> 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 240 miles [386.2 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 6,130 miles [9,865.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,829 miles [10,990.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,709 miles [7,578.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- McLeansville) 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 McLeansville 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 McLeansville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.1075, Longitude: -79.6582 In this case, the coordinates for McLeansville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.53 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.89 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.766 degrees. |
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