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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 Aventon, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Aventon 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 Aventon:
- 36.152933, -77.949659
- 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 Aventon
- 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 Nash County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Nash County
- Since Aventon is near Halifax County and also Franklin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Halifax County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Franklin 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 Aventon
Communities Also Named Aventon ...
We found one communities that are also named Aventon.
Within North Carolina, the name Aventon is unique.
Beyond North Carolina, there is another community also named Aventon in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Indiana
- Dearborn County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Aventon [Dearborn County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Aventon ...
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.
- Bass Crossroads
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Centerville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Dukes
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Edwards Crossroads
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Forest Oaks
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Forest Oaks is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Oaks
- Glenview
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Glenview is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenview
- Gold Rock
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Gold Sand
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Gold Sand is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Sand
- Grove Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Grove Hill is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Hill
- Heathsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Hickory
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- High Meadows
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- High Meadows is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Meadows
- Continue List (7 more) ...
- Inez
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Inez is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inez
- Justice
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Justice is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Justice
- Lickskillet
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Little Easonburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Little Easonburg is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Easonburg
- Mays Crossroads
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Red Oak
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Red Oak is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Oak
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,492 people
- Sun Valley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Sun Valley is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Valley
How Far From Aventon to ...
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 Aventon to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Aventon and extending to:
- Nashville, which is the Seat of Nash County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Aventon to Nashville, with an average speed<4> 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 46 miles [74 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 196 miles [315.4 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,054 miles [9,743 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,749 miles [10,861.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,630 miles [7,451.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Aventon 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. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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- Aventon) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Aventon 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 Aventon. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.1529, Longitude: -77.9497 In this case, the coordinates for Aventon have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.549 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.774 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.081 degrees. |
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