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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 Buies Creek, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Buies Creek 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 Buies Creek:
- 35.409444, -78.737773
- 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 Buies Creek
- 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 Buies Creek is near Johnston County and also Wake 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 Wake 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 Buies Creek
Curious and Interesting Names Near Buies Creek ...
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.
- Bunnlevel
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Coats
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Erwin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Five Points
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Five Points is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Flat Branch
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Grove Park
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Grove Park is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Park
- Holland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Holland is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland
- Kipling
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Kipling is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kipling
- Mount Pleasant
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Walkertown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Walkertown is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walkertown
- Willow Springs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
How Far From Buies Creek 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 Buies Creek to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Buies Creek and extending to:
- Lillington, which is the Seat of Harnett County, lies just to the West.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 26 miles [41.8 km]<2> to the north (N). If you could walk a straight line from Buies Creek to Raleigh, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 258 miles [415.2 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 15 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,121 miles [9,850.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,814 miles [10,966.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,696 miles [7,557.5 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Buies Creek) 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 Buies Creek 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 Buies Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.4094, Longitude: -78.7378 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.015 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.197 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.633 degrees. |
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