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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 Clarks Landing, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Clarks Landing and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Clarks Landing:
    • 34.393501, -77.982213
    • 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 Landing
  • 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 Pender County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Pender County
    • Since Clarks Landing is near New Hanover County and also Brunswick County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for New Hanover County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Brunswick 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 Clarks Landing

Communities Also Named Clarks Landing ...

We found six communities that are also named Clarks Landing.

Within North Carolina, the name Clarks Landing is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Indiana
      • Steuben County
      • This Clarks Landing is located in Steuben County and lies 621 miles [999.4 km]<1> to the northwest of the Clarks Landing that is located in Pender County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Steuben County community of Clarks Landing.
    • Louisiana
      • Evangeline Parish
      • This Clarks Landing is located in Evangeline Parish and lies 872 miles [1,403.3 km]<1> to the west of the Clarks Landing that is located in Pender County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Evangeline Parish community of Clarks Landing.
    • Maryland
      • Saint Mary's County
      • This Clarks Landing is located in Saint Mary's County and lies 284 miles [457.1 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Clarks Landing that is located in Pender County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Mary's County community of Clarks Landing.
    • New Hampshire
      • Carroll 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 New Hampshire community of Clarks Landing [Carroll County].
    • New Jersey
      • Atlantic County
      • This Clarks Landing is located in Atlantic County and lies 404 miles [650.2 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Clarks Landing that is located in Pender County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Atlantic County community of Clarks Landing.
      • Ocean County
      • This Clarks Landing is located in Ocean County and lies 448 miles [721 km] to the north northeast of the Clarks Landing that is located in Pender County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ocean County community of Clarks Landing.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Clarks Landing ...

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.

  • Cedar Hill
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Cedar Hill is located in Brunswick County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hill
  • Council Heights
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Council Heights is located in New Hanover County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Council Heights
  • Highsmith
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Highsmith is located in Pender County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highsmith
  • Hightsville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Hightsville is located in New Hanover County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hightsville
  • Little Kelly
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Little Kelly is located in Pender County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Kelly
  • Long Bluff Landing
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Long Bluff Landing is located in Pender County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Bluff Landing
  • Long Creek
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Long Creek is located in Pender County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Creek
  • Mooretown
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Mooretown is located in Pender County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mooretown
  • Rocky Point
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Skippers Corner
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Skippers Corner is located in New Hanover County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skippers Corner
  • Still Bluff
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Still Bluff is located in Pender County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Still Bluff
  • Twin Oak
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Twin Oak is located in Pender County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Oak
  • Walnut Hills
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Walnut Hills is located in New Hanover County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Hills

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

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

  • Burgaw, which is the Seat of Pender County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Clarks Landing to Burgaw, 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 102 miles [164.2 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 315 miles [506.9 km] to the north (N). 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 6,131 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 6,818 miles [10,972.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,704 miles [7,570.4 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Clarks Landing) 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 Clarks Landing 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 Clarks Landing 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 Landing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.3935, Longitude: -77.9822       In this case, the coordinates for Clarks Landing have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.609 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.583 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.677 degrees.