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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 Parks Crossroads, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Parks Crossroads 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 Parks Crossroads:
- 35.703750, -79.604748
- 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 Parks Crossroads
- 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 Randolph County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Randolph County
- Since Parks Crossroads is near Chatham County and also Moore County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Chatham County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Moore 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 Parks Crossroads
Curious and Interesting Names Near Parks Crossroads ...
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.
- Cedar Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Cedar Creek is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Creek
- Cedar Falls
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Falls is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Falls
- Cheeks
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Cheeks is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheeks
- Grays Chapel
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Grays Chapel is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grays Chapel
- Hamlet Lakes
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Hamlet Lakes is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamlet Lakes
- Harpers Crossroads
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Harpers Crossroads is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harpers Crossroads
- Jugtown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Jugtown is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jugtown
- Julian
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Liberty
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Redcross
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Redcross is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redcross
- Seagrove
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Silk Hope
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Silk Hope is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silk Hope
How Far From Parks Crossroads 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 Parks Crossroads to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Parks Crossroads and extending to:
- Asheboro, which is the Seat of Randolph County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Parks Crossroads to Asheboro, with an average speed<3> 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 54 miles [86.9 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 261 miles [420 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 15 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,145 miles [9,889.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,843 miles [11,012.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,723 miles [7,600.9 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' (or 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- Parks Crossroads) 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 Parks Crossroads 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 Parks Crossroads. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.7037, Longitude: -79.6047 In this case, the coordinates for Parks Crossroads have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.506 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.802 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.874 degrees. |
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