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 North Haven:
35.872372, -78.633892
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 North Haven
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 Wake County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found six communities that are also named North Haven.
Within North Carolina, the name North Haven is unique.
Beyond North Carolina, we know of six communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Tuscaloosa County
This North Haven is located in Tuscaloosa County and lies 535 miles [861 km]<1> to the west southwest of the North Haven that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tuscaloosa County community of North Haven.
Connecticut
New Haven County
This North Haven is located in New Haven County and lies 491 miles [790.2 km]<1> to the northeast of the North Haven that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Haven County community of North Haven.
Maine
Knox County
This North Haven is located in Knox County and lies 767 miles [1,234.4 km]<1> to the northeast of the North Haven that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Knox County community of North Haven.
Mississippi
Union County
This North Haven is located in Union County and lies 591 miles [951.1 km]<1> to the west of the North Haven that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Union County community of North Haven.
New York
Suffolk County
This North Haven is located in Suffolk County and lies 492 miles [791.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the North Haven that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Suffolk County community of North Haven.
Tennessee
Montgomery County
This North Haven is located in Montgomery County and lies 491 miles [790.2 km]<1> to the west of the North Haven that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of North Haven.
Curious and Interesting Names Near North Haven ...
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 that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as North Haven to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in North Haven and extending to:
The White House (Washington, DC) is 226 miles [363.7 km]<1> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could drive a straight line from North Haven to White House, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take nearly four hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 13 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 9 days.
The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,096 miles [9,810.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,791 miles [10,929.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,672 miles [7,518.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- North Haven) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
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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 North Haven 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 North Haven. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.8724, Longitude: -78.6339 In this case, the coordinates for North Haven have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.946 degrees.
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.187 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.441 degrees.