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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 Harnett, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Harnett 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 Harnett:
- 35.345935, -78.792253
- 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 Harnett
- 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 Harnett County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Harnett County
- Since Harnett is near Cumberland County and also Johnston County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cumberland County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Johnston 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 Harnett
Curious and Interesting Names Near Harnett ...
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.
- Bunnlevel
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Coats
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Erwin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Flat Branch
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Grove Park
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Grove Park is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Park
- Hairtown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hairtown is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hairtown
- Kipling
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Kipling is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kipling
- Lane
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Lane is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lane
- Twin Lakes
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Twin Lakes is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes
- Walkertown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Walkertown is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walkertown
How Far From Harnett 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 Harnett to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Harnett and extending to:
- Lillington, which is the Seat of Harnett County, lies just to the North Northwest.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 31 miles [49.9 km]<2> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could walk a straight line from Harnett to Raleigh, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 263 miles [423.3 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 15 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,126 miles [9,858.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- 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 northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,701 miles [7,565.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Harnett) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Harnett 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 Harnett. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.3459, Longitude: -78.7923 In this case, the coordinates for Harnett have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.047 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.225 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.674 degrees. |
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