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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 Barbecue, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Barbecue 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 Barbecue:
- 35.335852, -79.038722
- 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 Barbecue
- 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 Harnett County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Harnett County
- Since Barbecue is near Lee County and also Cumberland County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lee County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cumberland 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 Barbecue
Curious and Interesting Names Near Barbecue ...
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.
- Brickwood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Brickwood is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brickwood
- Flat Branch
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Hairtown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hairtown is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hairtown
- Lemon Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Meadow Park
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Meadow Park is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Park
- Mount Pleasant
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Owls Nest
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Owls Nest is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owls Nest
- Quail Ridge
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Spout Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Trails End
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Trails End is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trails End
- Tramway
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Twin Lakes
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Twin Lakes is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes
How Far From Barbecue 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 Barbecue to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Barbecue and extending to:
- Lillington, which is the Seat of Harnett County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Barbecue to Lillington, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 37 miles [59.5 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take over two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 269 miles [432.9 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<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,137 miles [9,876.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,831 miles [10,993.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,713 miles [7,584.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Barbecue) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Barbecue 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 Barbecue. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.3359, Longitude: -79.0387 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.187 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.383 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.772 degrees. |
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