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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 Yates Hill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Yates Hill 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 Yates Hill:
- 34.934577, -79.797171
- 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 Yates Hill
- 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 Richmond County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Richmond County
- Since Yates Hill is near Anson County and also Marlboro County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Anson County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Marlboro 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 Yates Hill
Curious and Interesting Names Near Yates Hill ...
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.
- Cairo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Everetts Mill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Everetts Mill is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everetts Mill
- Five Points
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Five Points is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Fruitland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Fruitland is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitland
- Hamlet
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Honey Town
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Honey Town is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honey Town
- Knob Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Knob Hill is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knob Hill
- Maplewood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Maplewood is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
- Piney Grove
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Piney Grove is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Grove
How Far From Yates Hill 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 Yates Hill to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Yates Hill and extending to:
- Rockingham, which is the Seat of Richmond County, lies just to the East.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 87 miles [140 km]<2> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Yates Hill to Raleigh, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 313 miles [503.7 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 18 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,188 miles [9,958.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,882 miles [11,075.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,763 miles [7,665.3 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 '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- Yates Hill) 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 Yates Hill 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 Yates Hill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.9346, Longitude: -79.7972 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.623 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.824 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.188 degrees. |
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