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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 Newlife, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Newlife 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 Newlife:
- 36.349297, -81.165642
- 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 Newlife
- 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 Wilkes County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wilkes County
- Since Newlife is near Alleghany County and also Ashe County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Alleghany County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ashe 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 Newlife
Curious and Interesting Names Near Newlife ...
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.
- Brewers ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Brewers is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewers
- Chuckle ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Chuckle is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chuckle
- Dockery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Dockery is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dockery
- Halls Mills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Halls Mills is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls Mills
- Hay Meadow ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Hay Meadow is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hay Meadow
- Hays
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lester ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Lester is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lester
- Mulberry
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Mulberry is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulberry
- Offer ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Offer is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Offer
- Pine Fork
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pine Fork is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Fork
- Pleasant Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Traphill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Whitty ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Whitty is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitty
- Zebra ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Zebra is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zebra
How Far From Newlife 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 Newlife to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<2> community of Newlife once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Newlife and extending to:
- Wilkesboro, which is the Seat of Wilkes County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Newlife to Wilkesboro, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 146 miles [235 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 286 miles [460.3 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,184 miles [9,952.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,888 miles [11,085.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,765 miles [7,668.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Newlife, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- Newlife) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Newlife 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 Newlife. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.3493, Longitude: -81.1656 In this case, the coordinates for Newlife have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.407 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.929 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.295 degrees. |
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