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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 Querys Dixons, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Querys Dixons 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 Querys Dixons:
- 35.289864, -80.730903
- 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 Querys Dixons
- 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 Mecklenburg County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mecklenburg County
- Since Querys Dixons is near Cabarrus County and also Union County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cabarrus County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Union 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 Querys Dixons
Curious and Interesting Names Near Querys Dixons ...
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.
- Embassy East
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Embassy East is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Embassy East
- Evergreen Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Evergreen Park is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Park
- Green Meadows
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Green Meadows is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Meadows
- Grove Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Grove Park is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Park
- Harrisburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hickory Acres
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hickory Acres is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Acres
- Hickory Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Hickory Grove is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Grove
- Hickory Ridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Hickory Ridge is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Ridge
- Holiday Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Holiday Park is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Park
- Hope Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Hope Park is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope Park
- Junker
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Junker is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junker
- Lynn Lee
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Lynn Lee is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn Lee
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Pine Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Pine Ridge is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Ridge
- Poplar Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Poplar Springs is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Springs
- Ravenwood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Ravenwood is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravenwood
- Ridgeview
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Ridgeview is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeview
- Sugar Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Sugar Creek is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Creek
- Tanglewood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Tanglewood is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanglewood
- University Place
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- University Place is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Place
- Whispering Oaks
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Whispering Oaks is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whispering Oaks
How Far From Querys Dixons 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 Querys Dixons 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 Querys Dixons once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Querys Dixons and extending to:
- Charlotte, which is the Seat of Mecklenburg County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 122 miles [196.3 km]<3> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Querys Dixons to Raleigh, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 321 miles [516.6 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 19 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,212 miles [9,997.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,911 miles [11,122.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,791 miles [7,710.4 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 Querys Dixons, 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 from Point A (ie- Querys Dixons) 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 Querys Dixons 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 Querys Dixons. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.2899, Longitude: -80.7309 In this case, the coordinates for Querys Dixons have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.157 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.488 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.441 degrees. |
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