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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 Long Bluff Landing, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Long Bluff Landing and the surrounding area.
- 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 Long Bluff Landing:
- 34.423501, -78.137218
- 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 Long Bluff Landing
- 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 Pender County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pender County
- Since Long Bluff Landing is near Brunswick County and also Bladen County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Brunswick County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bladen 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:
- Open the Waymark.com report for Long Bluff Landing
Curious and Interesting Names Near Long Bluff Landing ...
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.
- Acme
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Acme is located in Columbus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acme
- Delco
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Gooseneck
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Gooseneck is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gooseneck
- Long Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Long Creek is located in Pender County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Creek
- Long View
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Long View is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long View
- Red Star Camp
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Red Star Camp is located in Pender County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Star Camp
- Rooks
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Rooks is located in Pender County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rooks
- Sparkleberry Landing
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Sparkleberry Landing is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparkleberry Landing
- Still Bluff
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Still Bluff is located in Pender County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Still Bluff
How Far From Long Bluff Landing 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 Long Bluff Landing to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Long Bluff Landing and extending to:
- Burgaw, which is the Seat of Pender County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<2> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Long Bluff Landing to Burgaw, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 97 miles [156.1 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 314 miles [505.3 km] to the north (N). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 18 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,137 miles [9,876.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,824 miles [10,982.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,709 miles [7,578.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Long Bluff Landing) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Long Bluff Landing 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 Long Bluff Landing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.4235, Longitude: -78.1372 In this case, the coordinates for Long Bluff Landing have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.695 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.685 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.725 degrees. |
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