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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 Boiling Spring Lakes, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Boiling Spring Lakes 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 Boiling Spring Lakes:
- 34.032444, -78.066872
- 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 Boiling Spring Lakes
- 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 Brunswick County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Brunswick County
- Since Boiling Spring Lakes is near New Hanover County and also Columbus County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for New Hanover County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Columbus 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 Boiling Spring Lakes
Curious and Interesting Names Near Boiling Spring Lakes ...
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.
- Bishop
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Bishop is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishop
- Bolivia
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Coolvale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Coolvale is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coolvale
- Half Hell
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Half Hell is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Half Hell
- Henrytown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Henrytown is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrytown
- Long Beach
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Long Beach is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Beach
- Piney Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Piney Grove is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Grove
- Russells Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Russells Creek is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russells Creek
- Sandy Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Sandy Hill is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Hill
- Sea Breeze
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Sea Breeze is located in New Hanover County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sea Breeze
- Sheephead Rock
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Sheephead Rock is located in New Hanover County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheephead Rock
- Suburb
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Suburb is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suburb
- Town Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Town Creek is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Town Creek
How Far From Boiling Spring Lakes 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 city such as Boiling Spring Lakes to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Boiling Spring Lakes and extending to:
- Bolivia, which is the Seat of Brunswick County, lies just to the West Northwest.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 125 miles [201.2 km]<2> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from Boiling Spring Lakes to Raleigh, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 340 miles [547.2 km] to the north (N). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 20 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,150 miles [9,897.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,836 miles [11,001.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,722 miles [7,599.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Boiling Spring Lakes) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Boiling Spring Lakes 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 Boiling Spring Lakes. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.0324, Longitude: -78.0669 In this case, the coordinates for Boiling Spring Lakes have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.661 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.589 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.824 degrees. |
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