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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 Mirror Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mirror Park 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 Mirror Park:
- 35.635140, -80.460893
- 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 Mirror Park
- 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 Rowan County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rowan County
- Since Mirror Park is near Davidson County and also Davie County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Davidson County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Davie 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 Mirror Park
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mirror Park ...
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.
- Cedarcrest
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Cedarcrest is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarcrest
- Cross Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Cross Heights is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Heights
- Faith
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Grady Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Grady Heights is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grady Heights
- Granite Quarry
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Lincoln Heights
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lincoln Heights is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Heights
- Lock ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lock is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lock
- Lockeland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lockeland is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockeland
- Orchard Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Orchard Hills is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Hills
- Salisbury
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Steel ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Steel is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steel
- Sunrise Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Sunrise Park is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunrise Park
- Timbercreek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Timbercreek is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timbercreek
How Far From Mirror Park 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 Mirror Park to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Mirror Park and extending to:
- Salisbury, which is the Seat of Rowan County, lies just to the North Northwest.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 102 miles [164.2 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Mirror Park to Raleigh, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 293 miles [471.5 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 17 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,185 miles [9,953.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,885 miles [11,080.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,764 miles [7,666.9 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Mirror Park) 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 Mirror Park 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 Mirror Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.6351, Longitude: -80.4609 In this case, the coordinates for Mirror Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.00 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.358 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.231 degrees. |
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