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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 Windsors Crossroads, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Windsors Crossroads 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 Windsors Crossroads:
- 36.069423, -80.831994
- 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 Windsors Crossroads
- 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 Yadkin County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Yadkin County
- Since Windsors Crossroads is near Iredell County and also Wilkes County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Iredell County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wilkes 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 Windsors Crossroads
Curious and Interesting Names Near Windsors Crossroads ...
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.
- Cycle
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Eagle Mills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Eagle Mills is located in Iredell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Mills
- Footville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Houstonville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Jennings
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jennings is located in Iredell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jennings
- Lone Hickory
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Lone Hickory is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Hickory
- Longtown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Longtown is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longtown
- Lovelace ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Lovelace is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovelace
- Pea Ridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Pea Ridge is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pea Ridge
- Swan Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Union Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Zion ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Zion is located in Iredell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion
How Far From Windsors Crossroads 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 Windsors Crossroads to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Windsors Crossroads and extending to:
- Yadkinville, which is the Seat of Yadkin County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Windsors Crossroads to Yadkinville, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 124 miles [199.6 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 285 miles [458.7 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,182 miles [9,949 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,884 miles [11,078.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,762 miles [7,663.7 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Windsors Crossroads) 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 Windsors Crossroads 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 Windsors Crossroads. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.0694, Longitude: -80.8320 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.213 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.666 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.246 degrees. |
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