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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 Menola, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Menola 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 Menola:
- 36.339960, -77.128723
- 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 Menola
- 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 Hertford County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hertford County
- Since Menola is near Northampton County and also Bertie County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Northampton County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bertie 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 Menola
Curious and Interesting Names Near Menola ...
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.
- California
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- California is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for California
- Eagletown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- George
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- George is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for George
- High Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- High Hill is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Hill
- Millennium
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Millennium is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millennium
- Milwaukee
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Milwaukee is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milwaukee
- Pleasant Plains
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Plains is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Plains
- Poor Town
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Poor Town is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poor Town
- Union
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Union is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
How Far From Menola 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 Menola to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Menola and extending to:
- Winton, which is the Seat of Hertford County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Menola to Winton, 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 92 miles [148.1 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 176 miles [283.2 km] to the north (N). Driving would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,010 miles [9,672.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,704 miles [10,789 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,585 miles [7,378.8 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Menola) 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 Menola 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 Menola. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.3400, Longitude: -77.1287 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.075 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.261 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.697 degrees. |
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