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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 Carlos, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Carlos 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 Carlos:
    • 35.209608, -78.771689
    • 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 Carlos
  • 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 Cumberland County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cumberland County
    • Since Carlos is near Harnett County and also Sampson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Harnett County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Sampson 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 Carlos

Communities Also Named Carlos ...

We found seven communities that are also named Carlos.

Within North Carolina, the name Carlos is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Indiana
      • Randolph County
      • This Carlos is located in Randolph County and lies 477 miles [767.7 km]<1> to the northwest of the Carlos that is located in Cumberland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Randolph County community of Carlos.
    • Kansas
      • Dickinson 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 Kansas community of Carlos [Dickinson County].
    • Maryland
      • Allegany County
      • This Carlos is located in Allegany County and lies 304 miles [489.2 km]<1> to the north of the Carlos that is located in Cumberland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allegany County community of Carlos.
    • Minnesota
      • Douglas County
      • This Carlos is located in Douglas County and lies 1,137 miles [1,829.8 km]<1> to the northwest of the Carlos that is located in Cumberland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Douglas County community of Carlos.
    • Mississippi
      • Lincoln County
      • This Carlos is located in Lincoln County and lies 712 miles [1,145.9 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Carlos that is located in Cumberland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lincoln County community of Carlos.
    • Texas
      • Grimes County
      • This Carlos is located in Grimes County and lies 1,051 miles [1,691.4 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Carlos that is located in Cumberland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grimes County community of Carlos.
    • West Virginia
      • McDowell County
      • This Carlos is located in McDowell County and lies 226 miles [363.7 km]<1> to the northwest of the Carlos that is located in Cumberland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the McDowell County community of Carlos.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Carlos ...

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.

  • Beard
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Beard is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beard
  • Bunnlevel
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Bunnlevel is located in Harnett County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunnlevel
  • Cooper
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Cooper is located in Sampson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper
  • Erwin
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Erwin is located in Harnett County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erwin
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,202 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Erwin <3>
  • Eureka Springs
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Eureka Springs is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka Springs
  • Falcon
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Falcon is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falcon
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 250 people
  • Flat Branch
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Flat Branch is located in Harnett County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Branch
  • Hays Mill
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Hays Mill is located in Sampson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hays Mill
  • Hillendale
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Hillendale is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillendale
  • Holly Springs
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Holly Springs is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Springs
  • Lakecrest
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Lakecrest is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakecrest
  • Lane
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Lane is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lane
  • Continue List   (5 more) ...
    • Rollingwood
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Rollingwood is located in Cumberland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rollingwood
    • Sadie Heights
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Sadie Heights is located in Cumberland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sadie Heights
    • Twin Lakes
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Twin Lakes is located in Harnett County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes
    • University Hills
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • University Hills is located in Cumberland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Hills
    • Walkertown
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Walkertown is located in Harnett County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walkertown

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

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

  • Fayetteville, which is the Seat of Cumberland County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Carlos to Fayetteville, with an average speed<4> 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 40 miles [64.4 km] to the north (N). 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 272 miles [437.7 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,131 miles [9,866.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,824 miles [10,982.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,706 miles [7,573.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Carlos) 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 Carlos 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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Carlos 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 Carlos. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.2096, Longitude: -78.7717       In this case, the coordinates for Carlos have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.038 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.194 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.71 degrees.