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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 Airlie, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Airlie 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 Airlie:
- 36.336049, -77.886116
- 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 Airlie
- 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 Halifax County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Halifax County
- Since Airlie is near Warren County and also Nash County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Warren County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Nash 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 Airlie
Communities Also Named Airlie ...
We found five communities that are also named Airlie.
There is one other community in North Carolina that is also named Airlie.
Beyond North Carolina, we know of four communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these four communities, four are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Located In North Carolina ...
- New Hanover County
- This Airlie is located in New Hanover County and lies 146 miles [235 km]<1> to the south of the Airlie that is located in Halifax County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Hanover County community of Airlie.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Minnesota
- Pipestone County
- This Airlie is located in Pipestone County and lies 1,109 miles [1,784.8 km]<1> to the northwest of the Airlie that is located in Halifax County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pipestone County community of Airlie.
- Ontario
- 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 Ontario community of Airlie.
- Oregon
- Polk County
- This Airlie is located in Polk County and lies 2,421 miles [3,896.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Airlie that is located in Halifax County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Polk County community of Airlie.
- Virginia
- Fauquier County
- This Airlie is located in Fauquier County and lies 167 miles [268.8 km]<1> to the north of the Airlie that is located in Halifax County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fauquier County community of Airlie.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Airlie ...
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.
- Beaverdam
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Beaverdam is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaverdam
- Enterprise
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Enterprise is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Grove Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Grove Hill is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Hill
- Heathsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Lewis Crossroads
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Lewis Crossroads is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis Crossroads
- Liberia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Liberia is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberia
- Littleton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Marmaduke
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Marmaduke is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marmaduke
- Roper Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Roper Springs is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roper Springs
How Far From Airlie 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 Airlie to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Airlie and extending to:
- Halifax, which is the Seat of Halifax County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<1> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Airlie to Halifax, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 57 miles [91.7 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 182 miles [292.9 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,043 miles [9,725.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,739 miles [10,845.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,620 miles [7,435.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Airlie) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Airlie 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Airlie 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 Airlie. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.3360, Longitude: -77.8861 In this case, the coordinates for Airlie have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.506 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.753 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.993 degrees. |
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