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 Fairlawn:
34.247948, -77.892208
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.
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 New Hanover County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found thirteen communities that are also named Fairlawn.
Within North Carolina, the name Fairlawn is unique.
Beyond North Carolina, we know of thirteen communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Tuscaloosa County
This Fairlawn is located in Tuscaloosa County and lies 562 miles [904.5 km]<1> to the west of the Fairlawn that is located in New Hanover County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tuscaloosa County community of Fairlawn.
Florida
Broward County
This Fairlawn is located in Broward County and lies 564 miles [907.7 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Fairlawn that is located in New Hanover County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Broward County community of Fairlawn.
Indiana
Bartholomew 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 Indiana community of Fairlawn [Bartholomew County].
Massachusetts
Worcester County
This Fairlawn is located in Worcester County and lies 646 miles [1,039.6 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Fairlawn that is located in New Hanover County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Worcester County community of Fairlawn.
Nevada
Elko 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 Nevada community of Fairlawn [Elko County].
New Jersey
Bergen 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 Jersey community of Fairlawn [Bergen County].
Ohio
Summit County
This Fairlawn is located in Summit County and lies 516 miles [830.4 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Fairlawn that is located in New Hanover County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Summit County community of Fairlawn.
Pennsylvania
Lycoming County
This Fairlawn is located in Lycoming County and lies 488 miles [785.4 km]<1> to the north of the Fairlawn that is located in New Hanover County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lycoming County community of Fairlawn.
Rhode Island
Providence County
This Fairlawn is located in Providence County and lies 633 miles [1,018.7 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Fairlawn that is located in New Hanover County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Providence County community of Fairlawn.
South Carolina
York County
This Fairlawn is located in York County and lies 185 miles [297.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Fairlawn that is located in New Hanover County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the York County community of Fairlawn.
Tennessee
Washington County
This Fairlawn is located in Washington County and lies 290 miles [466.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Fairlawn that is located in New Hanover County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Fairlawn.
Virginia
Covington City
This Fairlawn is located in Covington City and lies 270 miles [434.5 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Fairlawn that is located in New Hanover County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Covington City community of Fairlawn.
Pulaski County
This Fairlawn is located in Pulaski County and lies 250 miles [402.3 km] to the northwest of the Fairlawn that is located in New Hanover County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pulaski County community of Fairlawn.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Fairlawn ...
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.
Council Heights (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
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 Fairlawn to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Fairlawn and extending to:
Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 113 miles [181.9 km]<1> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from Fairlawn to Raleigh, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 324 miles [521.4 km] to the north (N). 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 6,133 miles [9,870.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,819 miles [10,974.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,705 miles [7,572 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- Fairlawn) 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 Fairlawn 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 Fairlawn, 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 Fairlawn 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 Fairlawn. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.2479, Longitude: -77.8922 In this case, the coordinates for Fairlawn have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.562 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.507 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.691 degrees.