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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 Piedmont Heights, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Piedmont Heights and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Piedmont Heights:
    • 36.055691, -79.822810
    • 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 Piedmont Heights
  • 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 Piedmont Heights is near Randolph County and also Forsyth County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Randolph County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Forsyth 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 Piedmont Heights

Communities Also Named Piedmont Heights ...

We found five communities that are also named Piedmont Heights.

There is one other community in North Carolina that is also named Piedmont Heights.

Beyond North Carolina, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Located In North Carolina ...
    • Alamance County
      • This Piedmont Heights is located in Alamance County and lies 22 miles [35.4 km]<1> to the east of the Piedmont Heights that is located in Guilford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Alamance County community of Piedmont Heights.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Chambers County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Piedmont Heights [Chambers County].
    • Georgia
      • Troup County
      • This Piedmont Heights is located in Troup County and lies 372 miles [598.7 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Piedmont Heights that is located in Guilford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Troup County community of Piedmont Heights.
    • Minnesota
      • Saint Louis County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Piedmont Heights [Saint Louis County].
    • Virginia
      • Fauquier County
      • This Piedmont Heights is located in Fauquier County and lies 222 miles [357.3 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Piedmont Heights that is located in Guilford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fauquier County community of Piedmont Heights.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Piedmont Heights ...

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
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Fisher Park is located in Guilford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher Park
  • Forest Valley
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Forest Valley is located in Guilford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Valley
  • Green Tree
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Green Tree is located in Guilford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Tree
  • Green Valley
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Green Valley is located in Guilford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Valley
  • Greenfield
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Greenfield is located in Guilford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
  • Greenhaven
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Greenhaven is located in Guilford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenhaven
  • Hilltop
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Hilltop is located in Guilford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
  • Hunter Hills
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Hunter Hills is located in Guilford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter Hills
  • Lake Daniel
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Lake Daniel is located in Guilford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Daniel
  • Lincoln Heights
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Lincoln Heights is located in Guilford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Heights
  • Oak Grove
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Oak Grove is located in Guilford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
  • Pennydale
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Pennydale is located in Guilford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennydale
  • Continue List   (7 more) ...
    • Proximity
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Proximity is located in Guilford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Proximity
    • Random Woods
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Random Woods is located in Guilford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Random Woods
    • Rocky Knoll
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Rocky Knoll is located in Guilford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Knoll
    • Rolling Roads
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Rolling Roads is located in Guilford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Roads
    • Spring Valley
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Spring Valley is located in Guilford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
    • Sunset Hills
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Sunset Hills is located in Guilford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Hills
    • Terra Cotta
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Terra Cotta is located in Guilford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terra Cotta

How Far From Piedmont Heights 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 Piedmont Heights to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Piedmont Heights and extending to:

  • Greensboro, which is the Seat of Guilford County, lies just to the East Northeast.
  • Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 68 miles [109.4 km]<1> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could walk a straight line from Piedmont Heights to Raleigh, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take three full 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 248 miles [399.1 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,139 miles [9,879.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,839 miles [11,006.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,718 miles [7,592.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Piedmont Heights) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Piedmont Heights could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<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 Piedmont Heights 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 Piedmont Heights. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.0557, Longitude: -79.8228       In this case, the coordinates for Piedmont Heights have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.626 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.992 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.848 degrees.