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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 Reywin Acres, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Reywin Acres 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 Reywin Acres:
- 36.475138, -79.817538
- 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 Reywin Acres
- 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 Rockingham County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rockingham County
- Since Reywin Acres is near Henry County and also Pittsylvania County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Henry County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pittsylvania 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 Reywin Acres
Curious and Interesting Names Near Reywin Acres ...
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.
- Green Knolls
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Green Knolls is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Knolls
- Holly Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Holly Hills is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Hills
- Homestead
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Homestead is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homestead
- Indian Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Indian Hills is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Hills
- Providence
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Providence is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Ravenwood
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Ravenwood is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravenwood
- Riverbend
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Riverbend is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverbend
- Sunset Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Sunset Hills is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Hills
- Whispering Pines
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Whispering Pines is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whispering Pines
How Far From Reywin Acres 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 Reywin Acres to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Reywin Acres and extending to:
- Wentworth, which is the Seat of Rockingham County, lies just to the South Southeast.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 81 miles [130.4 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Reywin Acres to Raleigh, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 225 miles [362.1 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,121 miles [9,850.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,822 miles [10,978.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,700 miles [7,563.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
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 from Point A (ie- Reywin Acres) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Reywin Acres 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 Reywin Acres. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.4751, Longitude: -79.8175 In this case, the coordinates for Reywin Acres have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.616 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.042 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.712 degrees. |
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