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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 Rowan Mills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Rowan Mills 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 Rowan Mills:
- 35.648195, -80.505339
- 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 Rowan Mills
- 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 Rowan County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rowan County
- Since Rowan Mills is near Davidson County and also Davie County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Davidson County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Davie 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 Rowan Mills
Communities Also Named Rowan Mills ...
We found one communities that are also named Rowan Mills.
Within North Carolina, the name Rowan Mills is unique.
Beyond North Carolina, there is another community also named Rowan Mills in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Ontario
- This Rowan Mills lies 481 miles [774.1 km]<1> to the north of the Rowan Mills that is located in Rowan County.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Rowan Mills ...
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.
- Cedarcrest
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cedarcrest is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarcrest
- Cross Heights
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Cross Heights is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Heights
- Eagle Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Eagle Heights is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Heights
- Holly Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Holly Park is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Park
- Lincoln Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Lincoln Heights is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Heights
- Lock ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Lock is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lock
- Lockeland
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Lockeland is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockeland
- Meadowbrook
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Meadowbrook is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowbrook
- Mirror Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Mirror Park is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mirror Park
- Orchard Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Orchard Hills is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Hills
- Salisbury
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Steel ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Steel is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steel
- Sunrise Park
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Sunrise Park is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunrise Park
How Far From Rowan Mills to ...
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 Rowan Mills 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<3> community of Rowan Mills once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Rowan Mills and extending to:
- Salisbury, which is the Seat of Rowan County, lies just to the East Northeast.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 104 miles [167.4 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Rowan Mills to Raleigh, with an average speed<4>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 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 4 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 294 miles [473.1 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 17 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,187 miles [9,957 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,886 miles [11,081.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,765 miles [7,668.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 from Point A (ie- Rowan Mills) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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 Rowan Mills, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 Rowan Mills 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 Rowan Mills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.6482, Longitude: -80.5053 In this case, the coordinates for Rowan Mills have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.026 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.389 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.245 degrees. |
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