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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 Huffmantown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Huffmantown 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 Huffmantown:
- 34.954998, -77.560905
- 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 Huffmantown
- 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 Onslow County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Onslow County
- Since Huffmantown is near Jones County and also Duplin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jones County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Duplin 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 Huffmantown
Curious and Interesting Names Near Huffmantown ...
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.
- Catherine Lake
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Cedar Fork
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Comfort
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Francktown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Francktown is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Francktown
- Gregory Forks
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Gregory Forks is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregory Forks
- Gum Branch
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Gum Branch is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Branch
- Haw Branch
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Haw Branch is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haw Branch
- Jarmantown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Jarmantown is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jarmantown
- Pleasant Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Potters Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Potters Hill is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potters Hill
How Far From Huffmantown 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 Huffmantown to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Huffmantown and extending to:
- Jacksonville, which is the Seat of Onslow County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Huffmantown to Jacksonville, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 83 miles [133.6 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 273 miles [439.4 km] to the north (N). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,088 miles [9,797.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,777 miles [10,906.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,661 miles [7,501.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Huffmantown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Huffmantown 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 Huffmantown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.9550, Longitude: -77.5609 In this case, the coordinates for Huffmantown have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.364 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.384 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.338 degrees. |
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