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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 Irongate, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Irongate and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Irongate:
    • 35.339051, -77.940818
    • 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 Irongate
  • 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 Irongate ...

We found seven communities that share the name Irongate.

There is one other community in North Carolina which is also named Irongate.

Beyond North Carolina, we know of another six communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Located In North Carolina ...
    • Wake County
      • This Irongate is located in Wake County and lies 55 miles [88.5 km]<1> to the northwest of the Irongate that is located in Wayne County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wake County community of Irongate.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Georgia
      • Bulloch County
      • This Irongate is located in Bulloch County and lies 300 miles [482.8 km]<1> to the southwest of the Irongate that is located in Wayne County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bulloch County community of Irongate.
    • Maryland
      • Carroll County
      • This Irongate is located in Carroll County and lies 287 miles [461.9 km]<1> to the north of the Irongate that is located in Wayne County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Irongate.
      • Frederick County
      • This Irongate is located in Frederick County and lies 284 miles [457.1 km] to the north of the Irongate that is located in Wayne County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Frederick County community of Irongate.
    • New York
      • Onondaga County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of Irongate [Onondaga County].
    • South Carolina
      • Beaufort County
      • This Irongate is located in Beaufort County and lies 257 miles [413.6 km]<1> to the southwest of the Irongate that is located in Wayne County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Beaufort County community of Irongate.
    • Tennessee
      • Hamilton County
      • This Irongate is located in Hamilton County and lies 409 miles [658.2 km]<1> to the west of the Irongate that is located in Wayne County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Irongate.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Irongate ...

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.

  • Best
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Best have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Best
    • Best is located in Wayne County
  • Deerwood
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Deerwood have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerwood
    • Deerwood is located in Wayne County
  • Foxfire
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Foxfire have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxfire
    • Foxfire is located in Wayne County
  • Green Meadows
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Green Meadows have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Meadows
    • Green Meadows is located in Wayne County
  • Greenleaf
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenleaf have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenleaf
    • Greenleaf is located in Wayne County
  • Hood Swamp
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hood Swamp have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hood Swamp
    • Hood Swamp is located in Wayne County
  • Mimosa Park
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mimosa Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mimosa Park
    • Mimosa Park is located in Wayne County
  • Pleasant View
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant View have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
    • Pleasant View is located in Wayne County
  • Ravenwood
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ravenwood have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravenwood
    • Ravenwood is located in Wayne County
  • Sandy Springs
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sandy Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Springs
    • Sandy Springs is located in Wayne County
  • Sleepy Creek
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sleepy Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sleepy Creek
    • Sleepy Creek is located in Wayne County
  • Teakwood
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Teakwood have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teakwood
    • Teakwood is located in Wayne County
  • Tiffany Gardens
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tiffany Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiffany Gardens
    • Tiffany Gardens is located in Wayne County
  • Walnut Creek
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Walnut Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Creek
    • Walnut Creek is located in Wayne County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 864 people

How Far From Irongate 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 Irongate to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Irongate and extending to:

  • Goldsboro, which is the Seat of Wayne County, lies just to the North Northwest.
  • Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 49 miles [78.9 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could walk a straight line from Irongate to Raleigh, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 250 miles [402.3 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 15 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,089 miles [9,799.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,780 miles [10,911.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,663 miles [7,504.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Irongate. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Wayne County: www.waynegov.com/

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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Irongate) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Irongate. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.3391, Longitude: -77.9408       In this case, the coordinates for Irongate 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 Irongate 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 Irongate 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 308.567 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.673 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.352 degrees.









 

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