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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 Timbercrest, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Timbercrest 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 Timbercrest:
    • 35.970421, -79.010566
    • 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 Timbercrest
  • 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 Orange County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Orange County
    • Since Timbercrest is near Durham County and also Chatham County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Durham County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Chatham 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 Timbercrest

Communities Also Named Timbercrest ...

We found eight communities that are also named Timbercrest.

Within North Carolina, the name Timbercrest is unique.

Beyond North Carolina, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Jefferson County
      • This Timbercrest is located in Jefferson County and lies 481 miles [774.1 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Timbercrest that is located in Orange County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Timbercrest.
    • Georgia
      • Gwinnett County
      • This Timbercrest is located in Gwinnett County and lies 315 miles [506.9 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Timbercrest that is located in Orange County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gwinnett County community of Timbercrest.
    • Illinois
      • Cook 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 Timbercrest [Cook County].
      • Kane County
      • This Timbercrest is located in Kane County and lies 649 miles [1,044.5 km]<1> to the northwest of the Timbercrest that is located in Orange County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kane County community of Timbercrest.
    • Indiana
      • Allen County
      • This Timbercrest is located in Allen County and lies 487 miles [783.8 km]<1> to the northwest of the Timbercrest that is located in Orange County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allen County community of Timbercrest.
      • Cass 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 Indiana community of Timbercrest [Cass County].
    • Tennessee
      • Hamblen County
      • This Timbercrest is located in Hamblen County and lies 241 miles [387.9 km]<1> to the west of the Timbercrest that is located in Orange County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamblen County community of Timbercrest.
      • Knox County
      • This Timbercrest is located in Knox County and lies 279 miles [449 km] to the west of the Timbercrest that is located in Orange County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Knox County community of Timbercrest.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Timbercrest ...

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.

  • Cedar Hill
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Cedar Hill is located in Orange County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hill
  • Colony Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Colony Park is located in Orange County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colony Park
  • Coventry
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Coventry is located in Orange County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coventry
  • Davie Circle
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Davie Circle is located in Orange County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davie Circle
  • Falls of New Hope
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Falls of New Hope is located in Orange County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls of New Hope
  • Five Oaks
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Five Oaks is located in Durham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Oaks
  • Hickory Oaks
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Hickory Oaks is located in Durham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Oaks
  • Hidden Hills
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Hidden Hills is located in Orange County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Hills
  • Lake Ellen
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Lake Ellen is located in Orange County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Ellen
  • Manor Hill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Manor Hill is located in Orange County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manor Hill
  • Pine Knob
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Pine Knob is located in Orange County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Knob
  • Quail Run
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Quail Run is located in Orange County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Run

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

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

  • Hillsborough, which is the Seat of Orange County, lies just to the North Northwest.
  • Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 24 miles [38.6 km]<1> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could walk a straight line from Timbercrest to Raleigh, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 229 miles [368.5 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,108 miles [9,829.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,805 miles [10,951.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,685 miles [7,539.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Timbercrest) 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 Timbercrest 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 Timbercrest 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 Timbercrest. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.9704, Longitude: -79.0106       In this case, the coordinates for Timbercrest have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.16 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.446 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.556 degrees.