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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 Honey Town, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Honey Town 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 Honey Town:
- 34.950153, -79.783668
- 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 Honey Town
- 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 Richmond County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Richmond County
- Since Honey Town is near Anson County and also Marlboro County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Anson County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Marlboro 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 Honey Town
Curious and Interesting Names Near Honey Town ...
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.
- Cairo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cairo is located in Anson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo
- Cognac
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Cognac is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cognac
- Five Points
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Five Points is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Fruitland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Fruitland is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitland
- Hamlet
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Knob Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Knob Hill is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knob Hill
- Lookout ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lookout is located in Anson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lookout
- Maplewood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Maplewood is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
- Piney Grove
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Piney Grove is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Grove
How Far From Honey Town 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 Honey Town to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Honey Town and extending to:
- Rockingham, which is the Seat of Richmond County, lies just to the East Southeast.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 86 miles [138.4 km]<2> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Honey Town to Raleigh, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 311 miles [500.5 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 18 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,186 miles [9,955.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,881 miles [11,073.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,762 miles [7,663.7 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Honey Town) 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 Honey Town 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 Honey Town. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.9502, Longitude: -79.7837 In this case, the coordinates for Honey Town have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.615 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.817 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.178 degrees. |
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