Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Idlewood, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Idlewood and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Idlewood
- 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 Idlewood:
- 34.747660, -79.517272
- 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 Idlewood
- 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 Scotland County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Scotland County
- Since Idlewood is near Marlboro County and also Richmond County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Marlboro County
- eBird sighting report for Richmond 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 Idlewood ...
We found eighteen communities that share the name Idlewood.
Within North Carolina, the name Idlewood is unique.
Beyond North Carolina, we know of another eighteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Coffee County
- This Idlewood is located in Coffee County and lies 433 miles [696.8 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Idlewood that is located in Scotland County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coffee County community of Idlewood.
- Tuscaloosa County
- This Idlewood is located in Tuscaloosa County and lies 470 miles [756.4 km] to the west of the Idlewood that is located in Scotland County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tuscaloosa County community of Idlewood.
- Georgia
- Bibb County
- This Idlewood is located in Bibb County and lies 274 miles [441 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Idlewood that is located in Scotland County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bibb County community of Idlewood.
- Burke County
- This Idlewood is located in Burke County and lies 185 miles [297.7 km] to the southwest of the Idlewood that is located in Scotland County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Burke County community of Idlewood.
- Newton County
- This Idlewood is located in Newton County and lies 265 miles [426.5 km] to the west southwest of the Idlewood that is located in Scotland County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Newton County community of Idlewood.
- Illinois
- Louisiana
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- New York
- Ohio
- Pennsylvania
- Allegheny County
- This Idlewood is located in Allegheny County and lies 393 miles [632.5 km]<1> to the north of the Idlewood that is located in Scotland County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allegheny County community of Idlewood.
- Bucks County
- This Idlewood is located in Bucks County and lies 449 miles [722.6 km] to the north northeast of the Idlewood that is located in Scotland County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bucks County community of Idlewood.
- South Carolina
- Greenwood County
- This Idlewood is located in Greenwood County and lies 156 miles [251.1 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Idlewood that is located in Scotland County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greenwood County community of Idlewood.
- Sumter County
- This Idlewood is located in Sumter County and lies 75 miles [120.7 km] to the southwest of the Idlewood that is located in Scotland County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sumter County community of Idlewood.
- Tennessee
- Virginia
- Roanoke City
- This Idlewood is located in Roanoke City and lies 176 miles [283.2 km]<1> to the north of the Idlewood that is located in Scotland County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Roanoke City community of Idlewood.
- Suffolk City
- This Idlewood is located in Suffolk City and lies 213 miles [342.8 km] to the northeast of the Idlewood that is located in Scotland County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Suffolk City community of Idlewood.
- Alabama
Curious and Interesting Names Near Idlewood ...
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.
- Crossway
(Less than 2 miles to the west) - Hasty
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast) - Ida Mill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north) - Johns
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast) - Lincoln Heights
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lincoln Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Heights
- Lincoln Heights is located in Scotland County
- Masons Crossroads
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Masons Crossroads have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masons Crossroads
- Masons Crossroads is located in Scotland County
- Sandy Bottoms
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sandy Bottoms have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Bottoms
- Sandy Bottoms is located in Scotland County
- Sugar Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sugar Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Hill
- Sugar Hill is located in Scotland County
- Sunshine Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunshine Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine Park
- Sunshine Park is located in Scotland County
- Whispering Pines
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Whispering Pines have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whispering Pines
- Whispering Pines is located in Scotland County
- Woodrun
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
How Far From Idlewood 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 Idlewood to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Idlewood and extending to:
- Laurinburg, which is the Seat of Scotland County, lies just to the East Northeast.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 86 miles [138.4 km]<1> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could drive a straight line from Idlewood to Raleigh, with an average speed<4>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 317 miles [510.2 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,184 miles [9,952.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,876 miles [11,065.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,759 miles [7,658.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Idlewood. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Scotland County: www.scotlandcounty.org/
The official website for State of North Carolina: https://www.nc.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Idlewood) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Idlewood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.7477, Longitude: -79.5173 In this case, the coordinates for Idlewood have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Idlewood 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. |
| <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 Idlewood 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 309.465 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.615 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.138 degrees. |