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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 Diggs, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Diggs 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 Diggs:
- 34.847377, -79.856727
- 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 Diggs
- 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 Richmond County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Richmond County
- Since Diggs is near Marlboro County and also Anson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Marlboro County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Anson 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 Diggs
Communities Also Named Diggs ...
We found two communities that are also named Diggs.
Within North Carolina, the name Diggs is unique.
Beyond North Carolina, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kansas
- Decatur County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Diggs [Decatur County].
- Virginia
- Mathews County
- This Diggs is located in Mathews County and lies 268 miles [431.3 km]<2> to the northeast of the Diggs that is located in Richmond County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mathews County community of Diggs.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Diggs ...
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.
- Cairo
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Cairo is located in Anson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo
- Everetts Mill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Everetts Mill is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everetts Mill
- Five Points
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Five Points is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Hamlet
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Honey Town
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Honey Town is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honey Town
- Knob Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Knob Hill is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knob Hill
- Little Mountain ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Little Mountain is located in Marlboro County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Mountain
- Maplewood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Maplewood is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
- Paris ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Paris is located in Anson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paris
- Piney Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Piney Grove is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Grove
How Far From Diggs 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 Diggs to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Diggs and extending to:
- Rockingham, which is the Seat of Richmond County, lies just to the Northeast.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 94 miles [151.3 km]<2> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Diggs 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 6 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 320 miles [515 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 19 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,194 miles [9,968.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,888 miles [11,085.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,770 miles [7,676.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Diggs 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Diggs) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Diggs 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 Diggs. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.8474, Longitude: -79.8567 In this case, the coordinates for Diggs have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.657 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.85 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.237 degrees. |
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