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 University Estates:
36.018198, -78.963898
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 University Estates
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 Durham County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
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 University Estates
Communities Also Named University Estates ...
We found five communities that are also named University Estates.
There are two communities within North Carolina that are also named University Estates.
Beyond North Carolina, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Located In North Carolina ...
Cumberland County
This University Estates is located in Cumberland County and lies 62 miles [99.8 km]<1> to the south of the University Estates that is located in Durham County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cumberland County community of University Estates.
Rockingham County
This University Estates is located in Rockingham County and lies 49 miles [78.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the University Estates that is located in Durham County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rockingham County community of University Estates.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Lee County
This University Estates is located in Lee County and lies 438 miles [704.9 km]<1> to the west southwest of the University Estates that is located in Durham County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lee County community of University Estates.
Georgia
Clayton County
This University Estates is located in Clayton County and lies 347 miles [558.4 km]<1> to the west southwest of the University Estates that is located in Durham County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clayton County community of University Estates.
Mississippi
Oktibbeha County
This University Estates is located in Oktibbeha County and lies 583 miles [938.2 km]<1> to the west southwest of the University Estates that is located in Durham County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oktibbeha County community of University Estates.
Curious and Interesting Names Near University Estates ...
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.
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 University Estates to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in University Estates and extending to:
Durham, which is the Seat of Durham County, lies just to the East Southeast.
Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 24 miles [38.6 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could walk a straight line from University Estates to Raleigh, with an average speed<2> 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 225 miles [362.1 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<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,104 miles [9,823.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,801 miles [10,945.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,681 miles [7,533.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- University Estates) 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 University Estates 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 University Estates. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.0182, Longitude: -78.9639 In this case, the coordinates for University Estates have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.132 degrees.
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.421 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.522 degrees.