Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Horner, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Horner and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Horner
- 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 Horner:
- 36.332367, -78.569167
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Horner
- 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 Granville County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Granville County
- Since Horner is near Vance County and also Person County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Vance County
- eBird sighting report for Person 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Horner ...
We found four communities that share the name Horner.
Within North Carolina, the name Horner is unique.
Beyond North Carolina, we know of another four communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kansas
- Michigan
- Tennessee
- West Virginia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Horner ...
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.
- Belltown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest) - Clay
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south) - Fairport
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south) - Hebron
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west) - Hicks Crossroads
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hicks Crossroads have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hicks Crossroads
- Hicks Crossroads is located in Vance County
- Hunters Ridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hunters Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Ridge
- Hunters Ridge is located in Vance County
- Huntsboro
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast) - Kellys Crossroads
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kellys Crossroads have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellys Crossroads
- Kellys Crossroads is located in Vance County
- Knotts Crossroads
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Knotts Crossroads have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knotts Crossroads
- Knotts Crossroads is located in Vance County
- Lewis
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest) - Providence
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Providence have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Providence is located in Granville County
How Far From Horner 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 community such as Horner to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Horner and extending to:
- Oxford, which is the Seat of Granville County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 38 miles [61.2 km]<2> to the south (S). If you could walk a straight line from Horner to Raleigh, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 195 miles [313.8 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,073 miles [9,773.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,771 miles [10,896.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,651 miles [7,485.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Horner. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Granville County: www.granvillecounty.org/
The official website for State of North Carolina: https://www.nc.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Horner 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. |
| <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- Horner) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Horner. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.3324, Longitude: -78.5692 In this case, the coordinates for Horner have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <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 Horner to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.898 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.20 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.262 degrees. |