Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Ceramic, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ceramic and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Ceramic
- 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 Ceramic:
- 36.306804, -80.085599
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Ceramic
- 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 Stokes County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Stokes County
- Since Ceramic is near Forsyth County and also Rockingham County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Forsyth County
- eBird sighting report for Rockingham 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Ceramic ...
We found two communities that share the name Ceramic.
Within North Carolina, the name Ceramic is unique.
Beyond North Carolina, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these two communities, one is located in the United States and the other in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Quebec
- This Ceramic lies 700 miles [1,126.5 km]<2> to the north of the Ceramic that is located in Stokes County.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Ceramic ...
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.
- Bonanza Hills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bonanza Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonanza Hills
- Bonanza Hills is located in Forsyth County
- Dennis
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennis
- Dennis is located in Forsyth County
- Dodgetown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north) - Flat Shoals
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Flat Shoals have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Shoals
- Flat Shoals is located in Stokes County
- Germanton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Germanton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germanton
- Germanton is located in Stokes County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Germanton <4>
- Gold Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east) - Greystone Forest
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greystone Forest have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greystone Forest
- Greystone Forest is located in Forsyth County
- Hartman
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest) - Idol Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast) - Kings Crossroads
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kings Crossroads have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Crossroads
- Kings Crossroads is located in Guilford County
- Meadows
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadows
- Meadows is located in Stokes County
- Neatman
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neatman
- Neatman is located in Stokes County
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Rosebud
(5 miles [8 km] to the west) - Smokerise
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south) - Stokesdale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stokesdale have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stokesdale
- Stokesdale is located in Guilford County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,555 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stokesdale <4>
- Walkertown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walkertown
- Walkertown is located in Forsyth County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,290 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Walkertown <4>
- Walnut Cove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Cove
- Walnut Cove is located in Stokes County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,532 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Walnut Cove <4>
- Rosebud
How Far From Ceramic to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Ceramic to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Ceramic and extending to:
- Danbury, which is the Seat of Stokes County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Ceramic to Danbury, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 88 miles [141.6 km] to the east southeast (ESE). 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 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 244 miles [392.7 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,139 miles [9,879.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,841 miles [11,009.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,719 miles [7,594.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Ceramic. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Stokes County: www.co.stokes.nc.us/
The official website for State of North Carolina: https://www.nc.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Ceramic 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. |
| <2> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Ceramic) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Ceramic. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.3068, Longitude: -80.0856 In this case, the coordinates for Ceramic have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Ceramic to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.775 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.199 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.873 degrees. |