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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 West Yanceyville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to West Yanceyville 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 West Yanceyville:
- 36.405126, -79.387674
- 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 West Yanceyville
- 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 Caswell County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Caswell County
- Since West Yanceyville is near Rockingham County and also Pittsylvania County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rockingham County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pittsylvania 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 West Yanceyville
Curious and Interesting Names Near West Yanceyville ...
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.
- Blanch
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Hightowers
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hightowers is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hightowers
- Jones
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Jones is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones
- Locust Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Park Spring
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Park Spring is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Spring
- Pleasant Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Providence
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Providence is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Quick
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Yanceyville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
How Far From West Yanceyville 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 West Yanceyville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in West Yanceyville and extending to:
- Yanceyville, which is the Seat of Caswell County, lies just to the East.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 59 miles [95 km]<2> to the southeast (SE). If you could walk a straight line from West Yanceyville to Raleigh, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 214 miles [344.4 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three 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 6,105 miles [9,825 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 4,684 miles [7,538.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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- West Yanceyville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 West Yanceyville 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 West Yanceyville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.4051, Longitude: -79.3877 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.368 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.748 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.562 degrees. |
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