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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 Dillingham, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Dillingham 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 Dillingham:
    • 35.753724, -82.406793
    • 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 Dillingham
  • 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 Buncombe County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Buncombe County
    • Since Dillingham is near Madison County and also Yancey County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Madison County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Yancey 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 Dillingham

Communities Also Named Dillingham ...

We found four communities that are also named Dillingham.

Within North Carolina, the name Dillingham is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alaska
      • This Dillingham lies 3,660 miles [5,890.2 km]<1> to the northwest of the Dillingham that is located in Buncombe County.
    • Colorado
      • Washington County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in Washington County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Dillingham.
    • Kentucky
      • Adair County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Dillingham [Adair County].
    • North Dakota
      • Dillingham #
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Dakota community of Dillingham.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Dillingham ...

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.

  • Beech
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Beech is located in Buncombe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech
  • Blackberry Inn
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Blackberry Inn is located in Buncombe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackberry Inn
  • Democrat
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Democrat is located in Buncombe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Democrat
  • Flat Creek
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Flat Creek is located in Buncombe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Creek
  • Forks of Ivy
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Forks of Ivy is located in Buncombe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forks of Ivy
  • Ivy
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Ivy is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivy
  • Long Ridge
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Long Ridge is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Ridge
  • Paint Fork
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Paint Fork is located in Buncombe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paint Fork
  • Paint Gap
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Paint Gap is located in Yancey County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paint Gap
  • Pleasant Grove
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Pleasant Grove is located in Buncombe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
  • Price Creek
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Price Creek is located in Yancey County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price Creek
  • Rattlesnake Lodge
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Rattlesnake Lodge is located in Buncombe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rattlesnake Lodge
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Rockview
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Rockview is located in Buncombe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockview
    • Summerhaven
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Summerhaven is located in Buncombe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerhaven
    • Terry Fork
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Terry Fork is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terry Fork
    • Walkertown
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Walkertown is located in Buncombe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walkertown

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

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

  • Asheville, which is the Seat of Buncombe County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Dillingham to Asheville, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 210 miles [338 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 12 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 366 miles [589 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take 6 hours, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 21 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,263 miles [10,079.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,968 miles [11,213.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,845 miles [7,797.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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 from Point A (ie- Dillingham) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Dillingham, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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 Dillingham 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.
<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 Dillingham 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 Dillingham. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.7537, Longitude: -82.4068       In this case, the coordinates for Dillingham have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.138 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.68 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.973 degrees.