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 Clarks Crossroads:
34.521004, -78.556676
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 Clarks 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 Bladen County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found two communities that are also named Clarks Crossroads.
Within North Carolina, the name Clarks Crossroads is unique.
Beyond North Carolina, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Ohio
Knox County
This community is historic<1> and although located in Knox County, we don't know where within the county.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Knox County community of Clarks Crossroads.
South Carolina
Williamsburg County
This Clarks Crossroads is located in Williamsburg County and lies 87 miles [140 km]<2> to the southwest of the Clarks Crossroads that is located in Bladen County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Williamsburg County community of Clarks Crossroads.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Clarks 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.
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 Clarks Crossroads to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Clarks Crossroads and extending to:
Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 87 miles [140 km]<2> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from Clarks Crossroads to Raleigh, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 313 miles [503.7 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 18 days.
The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,151 miles [9,899.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,840 miles [11,007.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,724 miles [7,602.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Clarks Crossroads, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Clarks Crossroads) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
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While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
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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 Clarks 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 Clarks Crossroads. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.5210, Longitude: -78.5567 In this case, the coordinates for Clarks Crossroads have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.927 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.965 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.849 degrees.