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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 Rolling Acres:
36.008193, -80.183936
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.
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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 Davidson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found 24 communities that are also named Rolling Acres.
There is one other community in North Carolina that is also named Rolling Acres.
Beyond North Carolina, we know of 23 communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Located In North Carolina ...
Mecklenburg County
This Rolling Acres is located in Mecklenburg County and lies 57 miles [91.7 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Rolling Acres that is located in Davidson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mecklenburg County community of Rolling Acres.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Coffee County
This Rolling Acres is located in Coffee County and lies 456 miles [733.9 km]<1> to the southwest of the Rolling Acres that is located in Davidson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coffee County community of Rolling Acres.
Mobile County
This Rolling Acres is located in Mobile County and lies 591 miles [951.1 km] to the southwest of the Rolling Acres that is located in Davidson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mobile County community of Rolling Acres.
Montgomery County
This Rolling Acres is located in Montgomery County and lies 440 miles [708.1 km] to the southwest of the Rolling Acres that is located in Davidson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Rolling Acres.
Florida
Hillsborough County
This Rolling Acres is located in Hillsborough County and lies 572 miles [920.5 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Rolling Acres that is located in Davidson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Rolling Acres.
Georgia
Dougherty County
This Rolling Acres is located in Dougherty County and lies 388 miles [624.4 km]<1> to the southwest of the Rolling Acres that is located in Davidson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dougherty County community of Rolling Acres.
Illinois
Champaign 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 Illinois community of Rolling Acres [Champaign County].
Peoria County
We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Rolling Acres [Peoria County].
Indiana
Warrick County
This Rolling Acres is located in Warrick County and lies 415 miles [667.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Rolling Acres that is located in Davidson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Warrick County community of Rolling Acres.
Louisiana
East Baton Rouge Parish
This Rolling Acres is located in East Baton Rouge Parish and lies 733 miles [1,179.6 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Rolling Acres that is located in Davidson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the East Baton Rouge Parish community of Rolling Acres.
Maryland
Calvert County
This Rolling Acres is located in Calvert County and lies 268 miles [431.3 km]<1> to the northeast of the Rolling Acres that is located in Davidson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calvert County community of Rolling Acres.
Carroll 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 Maryland community of Rolling Acres [Carroll County].
Howard County
This Rolling Acres is located in Howard County and lies 289 miles [465.1 km] to the northeast of the Rolling Acres that is located in Davidson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Howard County community of Rolling Acres.
Montgomery County
This Rolling Acres is located in Montgomery County and lies 274 miles [441 km] to the northeast of the Rolling Acres that is located in Davidson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Rolling Acres.
Prince George's County
This Rolling Acres is located in Prince George's County and lies 263 miles [423.3 km] to the northeast of the Rolling Acres that is located in Davidson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Prince George's County community of Rolling Acres.
Saint Mary's County
This Rolling Acres is located in Saint Mary's County and lies 255 miles [410.4 km] to the northeast of the Rolling Acres that is located in Davidson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Mary's County community of Rolling Acres.
Tennessee
Hamblen County
This Rolling Acres is located in Hamblen County and lies 181 miles [291.3 km]<1> to the west of the Rolling Acres that is located in Davidson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamblen County community of Rolling Acres.
Jefferson 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 Tennessee community of Rolling Acres [Jefferson County].
Sumner County
This Rolling Acres is located in Sumner County and lies 360 miles [579.4 km] to the west of the Rolling Acres that is located in Davidson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sumner County community of Rolling Acres.
White County
This Rolling Acres is located in White County and lies 295 miles [474.8 km] to the west of the Rolling Acres that is located in Davidson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the White County community of Rolling Acres.
Williamson County
This Rolling Acres is located in Williamson County and lies 386 miles [621.2 km] to the west of the Rolling Acres that is located in Davidson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Williamson County community of Rolling Acres.
Texas
Jim Wells County
This Rolling Acres is located in Jim Wells County and lies 1,173 miles [1,887.8 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Rolling Acres that is located in Davidson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jim Wells County community of Rolling Acres.
Nueces 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 Texas community of Rolling Acres [Nueces County].
Wisconsin
Dane County
This Rolling Acres is located in Dane County and lies 676 miles [1,087.9 km]<1> to the northwest of the Rolling Acres that is located in Davidson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dane County community of Rolling Acres.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Rolling 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.
Bethany ‑ Historic (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Rolling Acres to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Rolling Acres and extending to:
Lexington, which is the Seat of Davidson County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Rolling Acres to Lexington, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 87 miles [140 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 263 miles [423.3 km] to the northeast (NE). 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 6,157 miles [9,908.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,857 miles [11,035.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,736 miles [7,621.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Rolling Acres) 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Rolling Acres 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 Rolling 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 Rolling Acres. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.0082, Longitude: -80.1839 In this case, the coordinates for Rolling Acres have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.836 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.225 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.006 degrees.