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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 Cokesbury, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cokesbury 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 Cokesbury:
    • 36.348757, -78.304162
    • 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 Cokesbury
  • 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 Vance County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Vance County
    • Since Cokesbury is near Warren County and also Franklin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Warren County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Franklin 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 Cokesbury

Communities Also Named Cokesbury ...

We found seven communities that are also named Cokesbury.

There is one other community in North Carolina that is also named Cokesbury.

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

  • Communities Located In North Carolina ...
    • Harnett County
      • This Cokesbury is located in Harnett County and lies 66 miles [106.2 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Cokesbury that is located in Vance County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harnett County community of Cokesbury.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Maryland
      • Cecil 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 Maryland community of Cokesbury [Cecil County].
      • Somerset County
      • This Cokesbury is located in Somerset County and lies 193 miles [310.6 km]<1> to the northeast of the Cokesbury that is located in Vance County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Somerset County community of Cokesbury.
    • New Jersey
      • Hunterdon County
      • This Cokesbury is located in Hunterdon County and lies 353 miles [568.1 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Cokesbury that is located in Vance County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hunterdon County community of Cokesbury.
    • Ohio
      • Licking County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Cokesbury [Licking County].
    • South Carolina
      • Abbeville 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 South Carolina community of Cokesbury [Abbeville County].
      • Greenwood County
      • This Cokesbury is located in Greenwood County and lies 261 miles [420 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Cokesbury that is located in Vance County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greenwood County community of Cokesbury.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Cokesbury ...

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.

  • Adcock Crossroads
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Adcock Crossroads is located in Vance County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adcock Crossroads
  • Bear Pond
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Bear Pond is located in Vance County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Pond
  • Bullocksville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Bullocksville is located in Vance County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullocksville
  • Flat Rock
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Flat Rock is located in Vance County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
  • Gill
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Gill is located in Vance County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gill
  • Greystone
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Greystone is located in Vance County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greystone
  • Harris Crossroads
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Harris Crossroads is located in Vance County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris Crossroads
  • Kellys Crossroads
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Kellys Crossroads is located in Vance County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellys Crossroads
  • Lake View
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Lake View is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View
  • Seaman Way
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Seaman Way is located in Vance County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seaman Way
  • Snow Hill
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Snow Hill is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Hill
  • Soul City
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Soul City is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soul City
  • Willow Oaks
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Willow Oaks is located in Vance County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Oaks

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

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

  • Henderson, which is the Seat of Vance County, lies just to the West Southwest.
  • Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 43 miles [69.2 km]<1> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could walk a straight line from Cokesbury to Raleigh, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 189 miles [304.2 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,061 miles [9,754.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,758 miles [10,875.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,638 miles [7,464.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Cokesbury) 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Cokesbury 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>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 Cokesbury, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Cokesbury 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 Cokesbury. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.3488, Longitude: -78.3042       In this case, the coordinates for Cokesbury have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.745 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.028 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.153 degrees.