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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 Johnsontown:
35.872081, -80.108100
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 Johnsontown
Bird Watching ...
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The eBird website is organized on a county-by-county basis. We have selected Davidson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found eight communities that are also named Johnsontown.
There are two communities within North Carolina that are also named Johnsontown.
Beyond North Carolina, we know of six communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Located In North Carolina ...
Bladen County
This Johnsontown is located in Bladen County and lies 116 miles [186.7 km]<1> to the southeast of the Johnsontown that is located in Davidson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bladen County community of Johnsontown.
Sampson County
This Johnsontown is located in Sampson County and lies 116 miles [186.7 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Johnsontown that is located in Davidson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sampson County community of Johnsontown.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Kentucky
Jefferson County
This Johnsontown is located in Jefferson County and lies 353 miles [568.1 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Johnsontown that is located in Davidson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Johnsontown.
Maryland
Kent County
This Johnsontown is located in Kent County and lies 314 miles [505.3 km]<1> to the northeast of the Johnsontown that is located in Davidson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kent County community of Johnsontown.
New Jersey
Atlantic County
This Johnsontown is located in Atlantic County and lies 398 miles [640.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Johnsontown that is located in Davidson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Atlantic County community of Johnsontown.
Virginia
Northampton County
This Johnsontown is located in Northampton County and lies 255 miles [410.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Johnsontown that is located in Davidson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Northampton County community of Johnsontown.
West Virginia
Berkeley County
This Johnsontown is located in Berkeley County and lies 279 miles [449 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Johnsontown that is located in Davidson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Berkeley County community of Johnsontown.
Jefferson County
This Johnsontown is located in Jefferson County and lies 268 miles [431.3 km] to the north northeast of the Johnsontown that is located in Davidson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Johnsontown.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Johnsontown ...
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.
Bethany ‑ Historic (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
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 Johnsontown to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Johnsontown and extending to:
Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 82 miles [132 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Johnsontown 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 268 miles [431.3 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,160 miles [9,913.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,859 miles [11,038.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,738 miles [7,625.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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- Johnsontown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
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While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
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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.
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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 Johnsontown 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 Johnsontown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.8721, Longitude: -80.1081 In this case, the coordinates for Johnsontown have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.794 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.157 degrees.
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.019 degrees.