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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 Midtown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Midtown 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 Midtown:
- 35.157936, -79.413088
- 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 Midtown
- 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 Moore County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Moore County
- Since Midtown is near Hoke County and also Richmond County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hoke County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Richmond 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 Midtown
Communities Also Named Midtown ...
We found four communities that are also named Midtown.
Within North Carolina, the name Midtown is unique.
Beyond North Carolina, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Butte 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 California community of Midtown [Butte County].
- Georgia
- Fulton 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 Georgia community of Midtown [Fulton County].
- Ohio
- Muskingum 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 Ohio community of Midtown [Muskingum County].
- Tennessee
- Roane County
- This Midtown is located in Roane County and lies 293 miles [471.5 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Midtown that is located in Moore County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Roane County community of Midtown.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Midtown ...
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.
- Hog Island
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Hog Island is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hog Island
- Huntcliff
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Huntcliff is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntcliff
- Lakeview
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Lakeview is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Lincoln Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Lincoln Park is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Park
- Manly
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Manly is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manly
- Narrow Ridge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Narrow Ridge is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Narrow Ridge
- Roseland
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Roseland is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseland
- Silver Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Silver Springs is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Springs
- Warrior Woods
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Warrior Woods is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrior Woods
- Whispering Pines
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
How Far From Midtown to ...
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 Midtown to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Midtown and extending to:
- Carthage, which is the Seat of Moore County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Midtown to Carthage, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 61 miles [98.2 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 289 miles [465.1 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 17 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,161 miles [9,915.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,855 miles [11,032.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,737 miles [7,623.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Midtown 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Midtown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Midtown 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 Midtown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.1579, Longitude: -79.4131 In this case, the coordinates for Midtown have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.402 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.604 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.971 degrees. |
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