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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 Ramseur, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ramseur 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 Ramseur:
- 35.73331, -79.652256
- 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 Ramseur
- 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 Ramseur is near Chatham County and also Guilford 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 Guilford 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 Ramseur
Curious and Interesting Names Near Ramseur ...
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
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Cedar Creek is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Creek
- Cedar Falls
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Cedar Falls is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Falls
- Cheeks
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cheeks is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheeks
- Grays Chapel
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Grays Chapel is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grays Chapel
- Hamlet Lakes
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Hamlet Lakes is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamlet Lakes
- Julian
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Liberty
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Parks Crossroads
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Parks Crossroads is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parks Crossroads
- Redcross
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
How Far From Ramseur 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 town such as Ramseur to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Ramseur and extending to:
- Asheboro, which is the Seat of Randolph County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Ramseur to Asheboro, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 56 miles [90.1 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 6,146 miles [9,891 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,844 miles [11,014.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,724 miles [7,602.5 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 '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- Ramseur) 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 Ramseur 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 Ramseur. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.7333, Longitude: -79.6523 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.532 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.837 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.883 degrees. |
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