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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 Sherwood Village, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sherwood Village and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Sherwood Village:
    • 35.942915, -79.985872
    • 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 Sherwood Village
  • 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 Guilford County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Guilford County
    • Since Sherwood Village is near Randolph County and also Davidson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Randolph County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Davidson 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 Sherwood Village

Communities Also Named Sherwood Village ...

We found three communities that are also named Sherwood Village.

Within North Carolina, the name Sherwood Village is unique.

Beyond North Carolina, we know of three communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these three communities, .

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arizona
      • Pima County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arizona community of Sherwood Village [Pima County].
    • Ohio
      • Hamilton County
      • This Sherwood Village is located in Hamilton County and lies 323 miles [519.8 km]<2> to the northwest of the Sherwood Village that is located in Guilford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Sherwood Village.
    • Ontario
      • This Sherwood Village lies 501 miles [806.3 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Sherwood Village that is located in Guilford County.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Sherwood Village ...

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.

  • Allen Jay
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Allen Jay is located in Guilford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen Jay
  • Bakertown
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Bakertown is located in Guilford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakertown
  • Erwin Heights
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Erwin Heights is located in Davidson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erwin Heights
  • Florence
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Florence is located in Guilford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence
  • Freeman Mill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Freeman Mill is located in Guilford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman Mill
  • High Point
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Jamestown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Miles Crossroad
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Miles Crossroad is located in Guilford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miles Crossroad
  • Progress
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Progress is located in Randolph County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Progress
  • Ravenwood
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Ravenwood is located in Randolph County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravenwood
  • Robins Nest
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Robins Nest is located in Randolph County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robins Nest
  • Stones Throw
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Stones Throw is located in Randolph County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stones Throw
  • Trinity
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Trinity Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Trinity Park is located in Randolph County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity Park

How Far From Sherwood Village 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 Sherwood Village to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Sherwood Village and extending to:

  • Greensboro, which is the Seat of Guilford County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Sherwood Village to Greensboro, 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 four to five hours.
  • Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 76 miles [122.3 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 260 miles [418.4 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,151 miles [9,899.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,851 miles [11,025.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,730 miles [7,612.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Sherwood Village 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.
<2>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- Sherwood Village) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Sherwood Village 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 Sherwood Village. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.9429, Longitude: -79.9859       In this case, the coordinates for Sherwood Village have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.722 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.085 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.948 degrees.