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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 Advance:
35.941248, -80.409222
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.
We found nineteen communities that share the name Advance.
Within North Carolina, the name Advance is unique.
Beyond North Carolina, we know of another nineteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these nineteen communities, eighteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Arkansas
Baxter County
This Advance is located in Baxter County and lies 668 miles [1,075 km]<1> to the west of the Advance that is located in Davie County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baxter County community of Advance.
Clay County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Advance [Clay County].
California
Tulare County
This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Advance [Tulare County].
Illinois
Jasper County
This Advance is located in Jasper County and lies 472 miles [759.6 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Advance that is located in Davie County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jasper County community of Advance.
Indiana
Boone County
This Advance is located in Boone County and lies 438 miles [704.9 km]<1> to the northwest of the Advance that is located in Davie County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Boone County community of Advance.
Kansas
Sheridan County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Advance [Sheridan County].
Kentucky
Greenup County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Advance [Greenup County].
Louisiana
Jackson Parish
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Advance [Jackson Parish].
Michigan
Charlevoix County
This Advance is located in Charlevoix County and lies 685 miles [1,102.4 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Advance that is located in Davie County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Charlevoix County community of Advance.
Mississippi
Marion County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Advance [Marion County].
Missouri
Stoddard County
This Advance is located in Stoddard County and lies 533 miles [857.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Advance that is located in Davie County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stoddard County community of Advance.
Ohio
Fulton County
This Advance is located in Fulton County and lies 441 miles [709.7 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Advance that is located in Davie County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fulton County community of Advance.
Ontario
This Advance lies 693 miles [1,115.3 km]<1> to the north of the Advance that is located in Davie County.
Oregon
Clackamas County
This Advance is located in Clackamas County and lies 2,280 miles [3,669.3 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Advance that is located in Davie County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clackamas County community of Advance.
Pennsylvania
Adams County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Advance [Adams County].
Indiana County
This Advance is located in Indiana County and lies 334 miles [537.5 km]<1> to the north of the Advance that is located in Davie County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Indiana County community of Advance.
South Carolina
Orangeburg County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Advance [Orangeburg County].
Texas
Parker County
This Advance is located in Parker County and lies 1,017 miles [1,636.7 km]<1> to the west of the Advance that is located in Davie County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Parker County community of Advance.
Wisconsin
Shawano County
This Advance is located in Shawano County and lies 738 miles [1,187.7 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Advance that is located in Davie County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shawano County community of Advance.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Advance ...
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.
Arnold (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Arnold have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Reedy Creek. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Advance to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Advance and extending to:
Mocksville, which is the Seat of Davie County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Advance to Mocksville, with an average speed<6> 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 99 miles [159.3 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 275 miles [442.6 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,170 miles [9,929.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,870 miles [11,056.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,749 miles [7,642.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Footnotes ...
<1>
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- Advance) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Advance. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.9412, Longitude: -80.4092 In this case, the coordinates for Advance have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>
If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Advance could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<3>
We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Advance, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>
The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>
An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<6>
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.
<7>
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 Advance to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.968 degrees.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.366 degrees.
<10>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.116 degrees.