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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 Closs, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Closs 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 Closs:
- 35.313219, -77.462464
- 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 Closs
- 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 Lenoir County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lenoir County
- Since Closs is near Craven County and also Pitt County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Craven County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pitt 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 Closs
Curious and Interesting Names Near Closs ...
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.
- Booker T Washington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Booker T Washington is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Booker T Washington
- Club Pines
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Club Pines is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Club Pines
- Clubview
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Clubview is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clubview
- Dover
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Dover is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 384 people
- Fountain Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Fountain Hill is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Hill
- George Washington Carver
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Georgetown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Georgetown is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
- Greenmead
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Greenmead is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenmead
- Grove Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Grove Park is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Park
- Harveytown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Harveytown is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harveytown
- Howard Hights
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Howard Hights is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard Hights
- Hugo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hugo is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hugo
- Continue List (7 more) ...
- Liberty Hill Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Liberty Hill Park is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hill Park
- Pleasant Ridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Ridge is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Ridge
- Rolling Pines
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rolling Pines is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Pines
- Tarheel Courts
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Tarheel Courts is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarheel Courts
- Tick Bite
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Tick Bite is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tick Bite
- Tower Heights
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Tower Heights is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tower Heights
- Wise Forks
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Wise Forks is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wise Forks
How Far From Closs 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 Closs to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Closs and extending to:
- Kinston, which is the Seat of Lenoir County, lies just to the West Southwest.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 73 miles [117.5 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Closs to Raleigh, with an average speed<2>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 248 miles [399.1 km] to the north (N). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,069 miles [9,767.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,758 miles [10,875.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,642 miles [7,470.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Closs) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Closs 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 Closs. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.3132, Longitude: -77.4625 In this case, the coordinates for Closs have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.299 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.363 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.181 degrees. |
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