Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Macedonia, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Macedonia and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Macedonia
- 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 Macedonia:
- 35.745708, -78.737505
- 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 Macedonia
- 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 Wake County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Wake County
- Since Macedonia is near Chatham County and also Durham County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Chatham County
- eBird sighting report for Durham 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Macedonia ...
We found 60 communities that share the name Macedonia.
There are five communities within North Carolina that are also named Macedonia.
Beyond North Carolina, we know of another 52 communities that are located throughout in the United States.
In addition to the above occurrences of Macedonia, we know of three communities located outside of the United States and Canada.
- Communities Located In North Carolina ...
- Cherokee County
- Chowan County
- Montgomery County
- Washington County
- Yadkin County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Cleburne County
- This Macedonia is located in Cleburne County and lies 405 miles [651.8 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Macedonia that is located in Wake County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cleburne County community of Macedonia.
- Jackson County
- This Macedonia is located in Jackson County and lies 418 miles [672.7 km] to the west of the Macedonia that is located in Wake County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Macedonia.
- Lowndes County
- This Macedonia is located in Lowndes County and lies 529 miles [851.3 km] to the west southwest of the Macedonia that is located in Wake County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lowndes County community of Macedonia.
- Montgomery County
- This Macedonia is located in Montgomery County and lies 489 miles [787 km] to the west southwest of the Macedonia that is located in Wake County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Macedonia.
- Pickens County
- This Macedonia is located in Pickens County and lies 563 miles [906.1 km] to the west southwest of the Macedonia that is located in Wake County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pickens County community of Macedonia.
- Walker County
- This Macedonia is located in Walker County and lies 504 miles [811.1 km] to the west of the Macedonia that is located in Wake County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Walker County community of Macedonia.
- Arkansas
- Columbia County
- This Macedonia is located in Columbia County and lies 846 miles [1,361.5 km]<2> to the west of the Macedonia that is located in Wake County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Columbia County community of Macedonia.
- Conway County
- This Macedonia is located in Conway County and lies 787 miles [1,266.6 km] to the west of the Macedonia that is located in Wake County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Conway County community of Macedonia.
- Saint Francis County
- This Macedonia is located in Saint Francis County and lies 688 miles [1,107.2 km] to the west of the Macedonia that is located in Wake County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Francis County community of Macedonia.
- Yell County
- This Macedonia is located in Yell County and lies 830 miles [1,335.8 km] to the west of the Macedonia that is located in Wake County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Yell County community of Macedonia.
- Connecticut
- Georgia
- Cherokee County
- This Macedonia is located in Cherokee County and lies 334 miles [537.5 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Macedonia that is located in Wake County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cherokee County community of Macedonia.
- Miller County
- This Macedonia is located in Miller County and lies 461 miles [741.9 km] to the southwest of the Macedonia that is located in Wake County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Miller County community of Macedonia.
- Towns County
- This Macedonia is located in Towns County and lies 286 miles [460.3 km] to the west of the Macedonia that is located in Wake County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Towns County community of Macedonia.
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kentucky
- Breathitt County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Macedonia [Breathitt County].
- Christian County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Macedonia [Christian County].
- Estill County
- This Macedonia is located in Estill County and lies 312 miles [502.1 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Macedonia that is located in Wake County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Estill County community of Macedonia.
- Jackson County
- This Macedonia is located in Jackson County and lies 312 miles [502.1 km] to the west northwest of the Macedonia that is located in Wake County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Macedonia.
- Louisiana
- Mississippi
- Attala County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Macedonia [Attala County].
- Chickasaw County
- This Macedonia is located in Chickasaw County and lies 586 miles [943.1 km]<2> to the west of the Macedonia that is located in Wake County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chickasaw County community of Macedonia.
- Forrest County
- This Macedonia is located in Forrest County and lies 671 miles [1,079.9 km] to the west southwest of the Macedonia that is located in Wake County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Forrest County community of Macedonia.
- Lee County
- This Macedonia is located in Lee County and lies 576 miles [927 km] to the west of the Macedonia that is located in Wake County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lee County community of Macedonia.
- Noxubee County
- This Macedonia is located in Noxubee County and lies 596 miles [959.2 km] to the west southwest of the Macedonia that is located in Wake County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Noxubee County community of Macedonia.
- Union County
- This Macedonia is located in Union County and lies 597 miles [960.8 km] to the west of the Macedonia that is located in Wake County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Union County community of Macedonia.
- Missouri
- New Jersey
- Ohio
- Butler County
- This Macedonia is located in Butler County and lies 414 miles [666.3 km]<2> to the northwest of the Macedonia that is located in Wake County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Butler County community of Macedonia.
- Clinton County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Clinton County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clinton County community of Macedonia.
- Summit County
- This Macedonia is located in Summit County and lies 413 miles [664.7 km] to the north northwest of the Macedonia that is located in Wake County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Summit County community of Macedonia.
- Pennsylvania
- Bradford County
- This Macedonia is located in Bradford County and lies 434 miles [698.5 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Macedonia that is located in Wake County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bradford County community of Macedonia.
- Juniata County
- This Macedonia is located in Juniata County and lies 343 miles [552 km] to the north of the Macedonia that is located in Wake County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Juniata County community of Macedonia.
- South Carolina
- Cherokee County
- This Macedonia is located in Cherokee County and lies 176 miles [283.2 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Macedonia that is located in Wake County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cherokee County community of Macedonia.
- Lexington County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Macedonia [Lexington County].
- Newberry County
- This Macedonia is located in Newberry County and lies 190 miles [305.8 km] to the southwest of the Macedonia that is located in Wake County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Newberry County community of Macedonia.
- Tennessee
- Carroll County
- This Macedonia is located in Carroll County and lies 542 miles [872.3 km]<2> to the west of the Macedonia that is located in Wake County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Macedonia.
- Haywood County
- This Macedonia is located in Haywood County and lies 595 miles [957.6 km] to the west of the Macedonia that is located in Wake County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Haywood County community of Macedonia.
- McMinn County
- This Macedonia is located in McMinn County and lies 322 miles [518.2 km] to the west of the Macedonia that is located in Wake County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the McMinn County community of Macedonia.
- Monroe County
- This Macedonia is located in Monroe County and lies 313 miles [503.7 km] to the west of the Macedonia that is located in Wake County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monroe County community of Macedonia.
- Obion County
- This Macedonia is located in Obion County and lies 573 miles [922.2 km] to the west of the Macedonia that is located in Wake County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Obion County community of Macedonia.
- Sumner County
- This Macedonia is located in Sumner County and lies 425 miles [684 km] to the west of the Macedonia that is located in Wake County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sumner County community of Macedonia.
- White County
- This Macedonia is located in White County and lies 380 miles [611.6 km] to the west of the Macedonia that is located in Wake County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the White County community of Macedonia.
- Texas
- Austin County
- This Macedonia is located in Austin County and lies 1,088 miles [1,751 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Macedonia that is located in Wake County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Austin County community of Macedonia.
- Bowie County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Macedonia [Bowie County].
- Camp County
- This Macedonia is located in Camp County and lies 942 miles [1,516 km] to the west of the Macedonia that is located in Wake County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Camp County community of Macedonia.
- Liberty County
- This Macedonia is located in Liberty County and lies 1,007 miles [1,620.6 km] to the west southwest of the Macedonia that is located in Wake County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Liberty County community of Macedonia.
- Marion County
- This Macedonia is located in Marion County and lies 923 miles [1,485.4 km] to the west of the Macedonia that is located in Wake County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marion County community of Macedonia.
- Walker County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Macedonia [Walker County].
- Virginia
- Alabama
- Communities Beyond North America ...
Curious and Interesting Names Near Macedonia ...
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.
- Indian Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Indian Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Hills
- Indian Hills is located in Wake County
- Irongate
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest) - Isle Forest
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Isle Forest have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isle Forest
- Isle Forest is located in Wake County
- Ivy Meadows
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ivy Meadows have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivy Meadows
- Ivy Meadows is located in Wake County
- Kent Garden
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kent Garden have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent Garden
- Kent Garden is located in Wake County
- Orchards
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast) - Piney Plains
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Piney Plains have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Plains
- Piney Plains is located in Wake County
- Pirates Cove
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pirates Cove have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pirates Cove
- Pirates Cove is located in Wake County
- Stoneybrook
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stoneybrook have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoneybrook
- Stoneybrook is located in Wake County
- Summerwinds
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Summerwinds have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerwinds
- Summerwinds is located in Wake County
- Walnut Ridge
(Less than 2 miles to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Walnut Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Ridge
- Walnut Ridge is located in Wake County
- Wishing Well
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wishing Well have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wishing Well
- Wishing Well is located in Wake County
How Far From Macedonia 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 Macedonia to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Macedonia and extending to:
- Raleigh, which is the Seat of Wake County, lies just to the East Northeast.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies just to the east northeast (ENE).
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 236 miles [379.8 km]<2> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could drive a straight line from Macedonia 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 14 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 10 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,106 miles [9,826.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,801 miles [10,945.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,682 miles [7,534.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Macedonia. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Wake County: www.wakegov.com/
The official website for State of North Carolina: https://www.nc.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Macedonia 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. |
| <2> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Macedonia) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Macedonia. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.7457, Longitude: -78.7375 In this case, the coordinates for Macedonia have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | 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 Macedonia, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 Macedonia 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 309.008 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.239 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.523 degrees. |