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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 Buckhorn Crossroads, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Buckhorn Crossroads 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 Buckhorn Crossroads:
- 35.678214, -78.107492
- 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 Buckhorn Crossroads
- 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 Wilson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wilson County
- Since Buckhorn Crossroads is near Johnston County and also Nash County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Johnston 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 Buckhorn Crossroads
Curious and Interesting Names Near Buckhorn Crossroads ...
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.
- Dixie
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Dixie is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie
- Dixie Crossroads
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Dixie Crossroads is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie Crossroads
- Emit
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Emit is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emit
- Finch Mill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Finch Mill is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finch Mill
- Five Points
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Five Points is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Hares Crossroads
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Hares Crossroads is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hares Crossroads
- Hickory Crossroads
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Hickory Crossroads is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Crossroads
- High Crossroads
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- High Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Crossroads
- Hollands Crossroads
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Hollands Crossroads is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollands Crossroads
- Hominy Heights
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Hominy Heights is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hominy Heights
- Kirbys Crossing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Kirbys Crossing is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirbys Crossing
- Micro
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Micro is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Micro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 553 people
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Middlesex
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Middlesex is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlesex
- Population from the 2020 Census: 834 people
- Mount Pleasant
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Quail Hollow
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Quail Hollow is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Hollow
- Quail Ridge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Quail Ridge is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Ridge
- Rock Ridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Rock Ridge is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Ridge
- Rogers Crossroads
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Rogers Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers Crossroads
- Seven Hills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Seven Hills is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Hills
- Shoeheel
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Shoeheel is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoeheel
- Stoneybrook
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Stoneybrook is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoneybrook
- Wildwood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Wildwood is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood
How Far From Buckhorn Crossroads 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 Buckhorn Crossroads to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Buckhorn Crossroads and extending to:
- Wilson, which is the Seat of Wilson County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Buckhorn Crossroads to Wilson, with an average speed<2> 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 30 miles [48.3 km] to the west northwest (WNW). The buggy would take just over a day and walking would take most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 229 miles [368.5 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,081 miles [9,786.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,775 miles [10,903.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,656 miles [7,493.1 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- Buckhorn Crossroads) 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 Buckhorn Crossroads 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 Buckhorn Crossroads. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.6782, Longitude: -78.1075 In this case, the coordinates for Buckhorn Crossroads have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.652 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.821 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.303 degrees. |
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