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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 Higdonville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Higdonville 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 Higdonville:
- 35.177596, -83.299873
- 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 Higdonville
- 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 Macon County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Macon County
- Since Higdonville is near Jackson County and also Swain County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jackson County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Swain 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 Higdonville
Curious and Interesting Names Near Higdonville ...
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.
- Blossomtown
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Blossomtown is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blossomtown
- Dean
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Dean is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dean
- Franklin
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Gay
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Gay is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gay
- Mountain Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mountain Grove is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Grove
- Pumpkintown
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Pumpkintown is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pumpkintown
- Shookville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Shookville is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shookville
- Tumblerville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Tumblerville is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tumblerville
- Union
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Union is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
How Far From Higdonville to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Higdonville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Higdonville and extending to:
- Franklin, which is the Seat of Macon County, lies just to the West.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 265 miles [426.5 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Higdonville to Raleigh, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 15 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 430 miles [692 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 17 days and walking would take 25 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,327 miles [10,182.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,032 miles [11,316.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,910 miles [7,901.9 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Higdonville) 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 Higdonville 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 Higdonville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.1776, Longitude: -83.2999 In this case, the coordinates for Higdonville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.657 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.194 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.492 degrees. |
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