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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 Morning Star, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Morning Star 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 Morning Star:
- 35.514631, -82.815735
- 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 Morning Star
- 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 Morning Star ...
We found nine communities that share the name Morning Star.
Within North Carolina, the name Morning Star is unique.
Beyond North Carolina, we know of another nine communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Garland 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 Arkansas community of Morning Star [Garland County].
- Greene County
- This Morning Star is located in Greene County and lies 427 miles [687.2 km]<2> to the west of the Morning Star that is located in Haywood County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greene County community of Morning Star.
- Hot Spring County
- This Morning Star is located in Hot Spring County and lies 579 miles [931.8 km] to the west of the Morning Star that is located in Haywood County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hot Spring County community of Morning Star.
- Phillips County
- This Morning Star is located in Phillips County and lies 461 miles [741.9 km] to the west of the Morning Star that is located in Haywood County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Phillips County community of Morning Star.
- Searcy County
- This Morning Star is located in Searcy County and lies 548 miles [881.9 km] to the west of the Morning Star that is located in Haywood County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Searcy County community of Morning Star.
- Mississippi
- Hinds County
- This Morning Star is located in Hinds County and lies 499 miles [803.1 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Morning Star that is located in Haywood County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hinds County community of Morning Star.
- Ohio
- Meigs County
- This Morning Star is located in Meigs County and lies 247 miles [397.5 km]<2> to the north of the Morning Star that is located in Haywood County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Meigs County community of Morning Star.
- Virginia
- Page County
- This Morning Star is located in Page County and lies 326 miles [524.6 km]<2> to the northeast of the Morning Star that is located in Haywood County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Page County community of Morning Star.
- West Virginia
- Roane County
- This Morning Star is located in Roane County and lies 237 miles [381.4 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Morning Star that is located in Haywood County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Roane County community of Morning Star.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Morning Star ...
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.
- Beaverdam
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beaverdam have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaverdam
- Beaverdam is located in Buncombe County
- Clyde
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Fibreville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fibreville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fibreville
- Fibreville is located in Haywood County
- Jugtown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jugtown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jugtown
- Jugtown is located in Buncombe County
- Luther
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Luther have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luther
- Luther is located in Buncombe County
- Newfound
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Newfound. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newfound
- Newfound is located in Buncombe County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Newfound
- From Morning Star to Newfound
- Owltown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Owltown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owltown
- Owltown is located in Buncombe County
- Retreat
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Retreat have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Retreat
- Retreat is located in Haywood County
- Silver Bluff
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Silver Bluff have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Bluff
- Silver Bluff is located in Haywood County
- Stony Fork
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stony Fork have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Fork
- Stony Fork is located in Buncombe County
- Turnpike
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Turnpike have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnpike
- Turnpike is located in Buncombe County
How Far From Morning Star to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Morning Star to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Morning Star and extending to:
- Waynesville, which is the Seat of Haywood County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Morning Star to Waynesville, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 234 miles [376.6 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 394 miles [634.1 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 23 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,291 miles [10,124.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,997 miles [11,260.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,874 miles [7,843.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
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 Morning Star 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- Morning Star) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Morning Star. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.5146, Longitude: -82.8157 |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Morning Star to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.377 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.92 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.205 degrees. |
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