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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 Yow Mill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Yow Mill 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 Yow Mill:
- 35.552194, -79.722618
- 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 Yow Mill
- 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 Randolph County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Randolph County
- Since Yow Mill is near Moore County and also Montgomery County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Moore County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Montgomery 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 Yow Mill
Curious and Interesting Names Near Yow Mill ...
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.
- Black Ankle
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Black Ankle is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Ankle
- Cheeks
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Cheeks is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheeks
- Dover
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Dover is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Ether
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Ether is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ether
- Jugtown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Seagrove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Spies
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Spies is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spies
- Star
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Steeds
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Steeds is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steeds
How Far From Yow Mill 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 Yow Mill to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Yow Mill and extending to:
- Asheboro, which is the Seat of Randolph County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Yow Mill to Asheboro, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 62 miles [99.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 274 miles [441 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,157 miles [9,908.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,854 miles [11,030.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,734 miles [7,618.6 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Yow Mill) 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 Yow Mill 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 Yow Mill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.5522, Longitude: -79.7226 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.575 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.859 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.968 degrees. |
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