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 Herrings Crossroads:
35.121448, -77.865729
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 Herrings Crossroads
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 Duplin County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
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 Herrings Crossroads
Communities Also Named Herrings Crossroads ...
We found two communities that are also named Herrings Crossroads.
There are two communities within North Carolina that are also named Herrings Crossroads.
Beyond North Carolina.
Communities Located In North Carolina ...
Greene County
This Herrings Crossroads is located in Greene County and lies 28 miles [45.1 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Herrings Crossroads that is located in Duplin County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greene County community of Herrings Crossroads.
Sampson County
This Herrings Crossroads is located in Sampson County and lies 30 miles [48.3 km]<1> to the west of the Herrings Crossroads that is located in Duplin County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sampson County community of Herrings Crossroads.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Herrings Crossroads ...
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.
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 Herrings Crossroads to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Herrings Crossroads and extending to:
Kenansville, which is the Seat of Duplin County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Herrings Crossroads to Kenansville, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 63 miles [101.4 km] to the northwest (NW). 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 264 miles [424.9 km] to the north (N). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 15 days.
The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,095 miles [9,809 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,785 miles [10,919.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,668 miles [7,512.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
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- Herrings Crossroads) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
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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.
<3>
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 Herrings Crossroads 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 Herrings Crossroads. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.1214, Longitude: -77.8657 In this case, the coordinates for Herrings Crossroads have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.53 degrees.
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.599 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.396 degrees.