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 Moores Crossroads:
35.677936, -78.169439
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 Moores 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 Johnston County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found six communities that are also named Moores Crossroads.
There is one other community in North Carolina that is also named Moores Crossroads.
Beyond North Carolina, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Located In North Carolina ...
Wilson County
This Moores Crossroads is located in Wilson County and lies 6 miles [9.7 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Moores Crossroads that is located in Johnston County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wilson County community of Moores Crossroads.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
DeKalb County
This Moores Crossroads is located in DeKalb County and lies 448 miles [721 km]<1> to the west of the Moores Crossroads that is located in Johnston County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the DeKalb County community of Moores Crossroads.
Randolph County
This Moores Crossroads is located in Randolph County and lies 442 miles [711.3 km] to the west southwest of the Moores Crossroads that is located in Johnston County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Randolph County community of Moores Crossroads.
Shelby County
This Moores Crossroads is located in Shelby County and lies 522 miles [840.1 km] to the west southwest of the Moores Crossroads that is located in Johnston County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shelby County community of Moores Crossroads.
Georgia
Clay County
This Moores Crossroads is located in Clay County and lies 477 miles [767.7 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Moores Crossroads that is located in Johnston County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clay County community of Moores Crossroads.
South Carolina
Allendale County
This Moores Crossroads is located in Allendale County and lies 259 miles [416.8 km]<1> to the southwest of the Moores Crossroads that is located in Johnston County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allendale County community of Moores Crossroads.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Moores 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.
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 Moores Crossroads to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Moores Crossroads and extending to:
Smithfield, which is the Seat of Johnston County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Moores Crossroads to Smithfield, with an average speed<2> 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 27 miles [43.5 km] to the west northwest (WNW). The buggy would take just over a day and walking would take just about two full days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 230 miles [370.1 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,084 miles [9,791.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,777 miles [10,906.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,659 miles [7,497.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
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 from Point A (ie- Moores Crossroads) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>
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.
<3>
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 Moores 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 Moores Crossroads. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.6779, Longitude: -78.1694 In this case, the coordinates for Moores Crossroads have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.687 degrees.
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.861 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.326 degrees.