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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 Mitchiners Crossroads, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mitchiners Crossroads 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 Mitchiners Crossroads:
- 36.123205, -78.392219
- 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 Mitchiners Crossroads
- 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 Franklin County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Franklin County
- Since Mitchiners Crossroads is near Vance County and also Granville County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Vance County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Granville 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 Mitchiners Crossroads
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mitchiners Crossroads ...
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.
- Bobbitt
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Bobbitt is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bobbitt
- Katesville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Katesville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Katesville
- Louisburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Mays Crossroads
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Mays Crossroads is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mays Crossroads
- Needmore
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Needmore is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needmore
- Popes Crossroads
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Popes Crossroads is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Popes Crossroads
- Rocky Ford
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Rocky Ford is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ford
- Royal
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Royal is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal
How Far From Mitchiners Crossroads 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 Mitchiners Crossroads to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Mitchiners Crossroads and extending to:
- Louisburg, which is the Seat of Franklin County, lies just to the East Southeast.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 27 miles [43.5 km]<2> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could walk a straight line from Mitchiners Crossroads to Raleigh, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 205 miles [329.9 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,075 miles [9,776.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,771 miles [10,896.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,651 miles [7,485.1 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- Mitchiners Crossroads) 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 Mitchiners Crossroads 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 Mitchiners Crossroads. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.1232, Longitude: -78.3922 In this case, the coordinates for Mitchiners Crossroads have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.802 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.059 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.263 degrees. |
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