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 Kenmore:
35.818207, -78.641115
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.
We found eleven communities that share the name Kenmore.
Within North Carolina, the name Kenmore is unique.
Beyond North Carolina, we know of another eleven communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these eleven communities, ten are located in the United States and three are in Canada.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Connecticut
Hartford County
This community is historic<1> and although located in Hartford County, we don't know where within the county.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hartford County community of Kenmore.
Indiana
Delaware 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 Indiana community of Kenmore [Delaware County].
Louisiana
Pointe Coupee Parish
This Kenmore is located in Pointe Coupee Parish and lies 829 miles [1,334.1 km]<3> to the west southwest of the Kenmore that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pointe Coupee Parish community of Kenmore.
Maryland
Cecil County
This Kenmore is located in Cecil County and lies 307 miles [494.1 km]<3> to the north northeast of the Kenmore that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cecil County community of Kenmore.
Prince George's 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 Maryland community of Kenmore [Prince George's County].
Massachusetts
Suffolk 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 Massachusetts community of Kenmore [Suffolk County].
New York
Erie County
This Kenmore is located in Erie County and lies 493 miles [793.4 km]<3> to the north of the Kenmore that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Erie County community of Kenmore.
Ohio
Summit County
This Kenmore is located in Summit County and lies 393 miles [632.5 km]<3> to the north northwest of the Kenmore that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Summit County community of Kenmore.
Ontario
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 Ontario community of Kenmore.
Virginia
Fairfax County
This Kenmore is located in Fairfax County and lies 229 miles [368.5 km]<3> to the north northeast of the Kenmore that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fairfax County community of Kenmore.
Washington
King County
This Kenmore is located in King County and lies 2,355 miles [3,790 km]<3> to the northwest of the Kenmore that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the King County community of Kenmore.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Kenmore ...
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.
Cedar Hill (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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 Kenmore to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Kenmore and extending to:
The White House (Washington, DC) is 230 miles [370.1 km]<3> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could drive a straight line from Kenmore to White House, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take nearly four hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 13 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 9 days.
The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,099 miles [9,815.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,794 miles [10,933.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,675 miles [7,523.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Footnotes ...
<1>
We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Kenmore, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Kenmore 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>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Kenmore) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Kenmore. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.8182, Longitude: -78.6411 In this case, the coordinates for Kenmore have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>
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.
<5>
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.
<6>
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 Kenmore to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.952 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.185 degrees.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.462 degrees.