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 Red Mountain:
36.225142, -78.903619
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 Red Mountain
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 Durham County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found four communities that are also named Red Mountain.
Within North Carolina, the name Red Mountain is unique.
Beyond North Carolina, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
California
San Bernardino County
This Red Mountain is located in San Bernardino County and lies 2,154 miles [3,466.5 km]<1> to the west of the Red Mountain that is located in Durham County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Bernardino County community of Red Mountain.
Colorado
Gunnison County
This community is historic<2> and although located in Gunnison County, we don't know where within the county.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gunnison County community of Red Mountain.
Ouray County
This community is historic and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Red Mountain [Ouray County].
Montana
Silver Bow County
This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Red Mountain [Silver Bow County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Red Mountain ...
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.
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 Red Mountain to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Red Mountain and extending to:
Durham, which is the Seat of Durham County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<1> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Red Mountain to Durham, 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 five to six hours.
Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 34 miles [54.7 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take most of two days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 210 miles [338 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 12 days.
The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,092 miles [9,804.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,790 miles [10,927.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,670 miles [7,515.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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- Red Mountain) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Red Mountain, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>
While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Red Mountain 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 Red Mountain. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.2251, Longitude: -78.9036 In this case, the coordinates for Red Mountain have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.093 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.407 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.43 degrees.