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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 Falkland, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Falkland 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 Falkland:
- 35.698531, -77.513231
- 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 Falkland
- 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 Pitt County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pitt County
- Since Falkland is near Edgecombe County and also Greene County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Edgecombe County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Greene 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 Falkland
Communities Also Named Falkland ...
We found three communities that are also named Falkland.
Within North Carolina, the name Falkland is unique.
Beyond North Carolina, we know of three communities that are located in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- British Columbia
- This Falkland lies 2,315 miles [3,725.6 km]<1> to the northwest of the Falkland that is located in Pitt County.
- Nova Scotia
- 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 Nova Scotia community of Falkland.
- Ontario
- This Falkland lies 538 miles [865.8 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Falkland that is located in Pitt County.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Falkland ...
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.
- Birchwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Birchwood is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birchwood
- Bruce
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bruce is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruce
- California
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- California is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for California
- Crisp
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Crisp is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crisp
- Fountain
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Green Farm
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Green Farm is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Farm
- Hollands
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hollands is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollands
- Kings Crossroads
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Kings Crossroads is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Crossroads
- Penny Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Penny Hill is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penny Hill
- Rock Spring
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Rock Spring is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Spring
- Sharp Point
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Sharp Point is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharp Point
How Far From Falkland 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 town such as Falkland to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Falkland and extending to:
- Greenville, which is the Seat of Pitt County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Falkland to Greenville, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 63 miles [101.4 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 222 miles [357.3 km] to the north (N). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,054 miles [9,743 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,746 miles [10,856.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,629 miles [7,449.7 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Falkland) 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 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 Falkland 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> | 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 Falkland 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 Falkland. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.6985, Longitude: -77.5132 In this case, the coordinates for Falkland have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.316 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.44 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.069 degrees. |
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