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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 Boardman, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Boardman and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Boardman:
    • 34.436099, -78.947018
    • 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 Boardman
  • 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 Columbus County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Columbus County
    • Since Boardman is near Robeson County and also Bladen County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Robeson County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Bladen 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 Boardman

Communities Also Named Boardman ...

We found seven communities that are also named Boardman.

Within North Carolina, the name Boardman is unique.

Beyond North Carolina, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Florida
      • Marion County
      • This Boardman is located in Marion County and lies 392 miles [630.9 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Boardman that is located in Columbus County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marion County community of Boardman.
    • Michigan
      • Grand Traverse 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 Michigan community of Boardman [Grand Traverse County].
    • Ohio
      • Mahoning County
      • This Boardman is located in Mahoning County and lies 464 miles [746.7 km]<1> to the north of the Boardman that is located in Columbus County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mahoning County community of Boardman.
    • Oregon
      • Morrow County
      • This Boardman is located in Morrow County and lies 2,261 miles [3,638.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Boardman that is located in Columbus County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morrow County community of Boardman.
      • Sherman 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 Oregon community of Boardman [Sherman County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Clearfield County
      • This Boardman is located in Clearfield County and lies 445 miles [716.2 km]<1> to the north of the Boardman that is located in Columbus County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clearfield County community of Boardman.
    • Wisconsin
      • Saint Croix County
      • This Boardman is located in Saint Croix County and lies 1,028 miles [1,654.4 km]<1> to the northwest of the Boardman that is located in Columbus County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Croix County community of Boardman.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Boardman ...

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.

  • Bird Cage
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Bird Cage is located in Columbus County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bird Cage
  • Butters
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Butters is located in Bladen County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butters
  • Cedar Grove
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Cedar Grove is located in Columbus County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
  • Evergreen
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Evergreen is located in Columbus County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
  • Fair Bluff
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Fair Bluff is located in Columbus County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Bluff
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 879 people
  • Grist
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Grist is located in Columbus County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grist
  • Kingdale
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Kingdale is located in Robeson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingdale
  • Long Branch
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Long Branch is located in Robeson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Branch
  • Piney Forest Crossroads
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Pope Crossing
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Pope Crossing is located in Robeson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pope Crossing
  • Williams Cross Roads ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Williams Cross Roads is located in Columbus County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Cross Roads

How Far From Boardman 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 town such as Boardman to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Boardman and extending to:

  • Whiteville, which is the Seat of Columbus County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Boardman to Whiteville, 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 four to five hours.
  • Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 94 miles [151.3 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 325 miles [523 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 19 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,172 miles [9,932.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,862 miles [11,043.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,746 miles [7,637.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Boardman) 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 Boardman 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 Boardman, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Boardman 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 Boardman. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.4361, Longitude: -78.9470       In this case, the coordinates for Boardman have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.146 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.204 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.021 degrees.