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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 Moltonville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Moltonville 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 Moltonville:
- 34.990306, -78.249619
- 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 Moltonville
- 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 Sampson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sampson County
- Since Moltonville is near Duplin County and also Wayne County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Duplin County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wayne 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 Moltonville
Curious and Interesting Names Near Moltonville ...
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.
- Baltic
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Baltic is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baltic
- Basstown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Basstown is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Basstown
- Bonnetsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Butlers Crossroads
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Butlers Crossroads is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butlers Crossroads
- Hatcher
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Hatcher is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatcher
- Kitty Fork
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Piney Ridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Piney Ridge is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Ridge
- Poplar Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Poplar Grove is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Grove
- Turkey
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
How Far From Moltonville 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 Moltonville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Moltonville and extending to:
- Clinton, which is the Seat of Sampson County, lies just to the West.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 58 miles [93.3 km]<2> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could walk a straight line from Moltonville to Raleigh, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 277 miles [445.8 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,117 miles [9,844.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,808 miles [10,956.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,691 miles [7,549.4 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Moltonville) 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 Moltonville 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 Moltonville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.9903, Longitude: -78.2496 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.748 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.829 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.584 degrees. |
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