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 Kirkland:
34.300169, -77.788037
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 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 New Hanover County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found 22 communities that share the name Kirkland.
There is one other community in North Carolina which is also named Kirkland.
Beyond North Carolina, we know of another 21 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 21 communities, twenty are located in the United States and four are in Canada.
Communities Located In North Carolina ...
Cabarrus County
This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Kirkland [Cabarrus County].
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Escambia County
This Kirkland is located in Escambia County and lies 577 miles [928.6 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Kirkland that is located in New Hanover County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Escambia County community of Kirkland.
Fayette County
This Kirkland is located in Fayette County and lies 579 miles [931.8 km] to the west of the Kirkland that is located in New Hanover County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Kirkland.
Arizona
Yavapai County
This Kirkland is located in Yavapai County and lies 1,980 miles [3,186.5 km]<2> to the west of the Kirkland that is located in New Hanover County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Yavapai County community of Kirkland.
Arkansas
Ouachita County
This Kirkland is located in Ouachita County and lies 862 miles [1,387.3 km]<2> to the west of the Kirkland that is located in New Hanover County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ouachita County community of Kirkland.
Colorado
Weld County
This Kirkland is located in Weld County and lies 1,544 miles [2,484.8 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Kirkland that is located in New Hanover County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Weld County community of Kirkland.
Florida
Marion County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Kirkland [Marion County].
Georgia
Atkinson County
This Kirkland is located in Atkinson County and lies 361 miles [581 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Kirkland that is located in New Hanover County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Atkinson County community of Kirkland.
Coffee County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Kirkland [Coffee County].
Jeff Davis County
This Kirkland is located in Jeff Davis County and lies 335 miles [539.1 km] to the west southwest of the Kirkland that is located in New Hanover County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jeff Davis County community of Kirkland.
Illinois
DeKalb County
This Kirkland is located in DeKalb County and lies 804 miles [1,293.9 km]<2> to the northwest of the Kirkland that is located in New Hanover County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the DeKalb County community of Kirkland.
Kentucky
Washington County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Kirkland [Washington County].
New Brunswick
This Kirkland lies 963 miles [1,549.8 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Kirkland that is located in New Hanover County.
New York
Oneida County
This Kirkland is located in Oneida County and lies 619 miles [996.2 km]<2> to the north of the Kirkland that is located in New Hanover County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oneida County community of Kirkland.
Pennsylvania
Chester County
This Kirkland is located in Chester County and lies 412 miles [663 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Kirkland that is located in New Hanover County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chester County community of Kirkland.
Quebec
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Quebec community of Kirkland.
South Carolina
Kershaw County
This Kirkland is located in Kershaw County and lies 161 miles [259.1 km]<2> to the west of the Kirkland that is located in New Hanover County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kershaw County community of Kirkland.
Tennessee
Lincoln County
This Kirkland is located in Lincoln County and lies 504 miles [811.1 km]<2> to the west of the Kirkland that is located in New Hanover County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lincoln County community of Kirkland.
Williamson County
This Kirkland is located in Williamson County and lies 512 miles [824 km] to the west northwest of the Kirkland that is located in New Hanover County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Williamson County community of Kirkland.
Texas
Childress County
This Kirkland is located in Childress County and lies 1,267 miles [2,039 km]<2> to the west of the Kirkland that is located in New Hanover County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Childress County community of Kirkland.
Washington
King County
This Kirkland is located in King County and lies 2,452 miles [3,946.1 km]<2> to the northwest of the Kirkland that is located in New Hanover County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the King County community of Kirkland.
Wisconsin
Sauk County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Kirkland [Sauk County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Kirkland ...
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.
Fairlawn (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fairlawn 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 Kirkland to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Kirkland and extending to:
Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 113 miles [181.9 km]<2> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from Kirkland to Raleigh, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 320 miles [515 km] to the north (N). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 19 days.
The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,127 miles [9,860.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,812 miles [10,962.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,698 miles [7,560.7 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 Kirkland, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>
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- Kirkland) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Kirkland. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.3002, Longitude: -77.7880 In this case, the coordinates for Kirkland have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<3>
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 Kirkland 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.
<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 Kirkland 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 308.503 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.448 degrees.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.636 degrees.