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website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed
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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 Northside:
35.813207, -78.631114
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.
We found nineteen communities that share the name Northside.
There are three communities within North Carolina that are also named Northside.
Beyond North Carolina, we know of another sixteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these sixteen communities, seventeen are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
Communities Located In North Carolina ...
Davidson County
This Northside is located in Davidson County and lies 91 miles [146.5 km]<1> to the west of the Northside that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davidson County community of Northside.
Granville County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Northside [Granville County].
Wilson County
This Northside is located in Wilson County and lies 41 miles [66 km]<1> to the east of the Northside that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wilson County community of Northside.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Etowah County
This Northside is located in Etowah County and lies 433 miles [696.8 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Northside that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Etowah County community of Northside.
Florida
Sarasota County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Northside [Sarasota County].
Georgia
Dougherty County
This Northside is located in Dougherty County and lies 430 miles [692 km]<1> to the southwest of the Northside that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dougherty County community of Northside.
Idaho
Ada County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Northside [Ada County].
Gem County
We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Northside [Gem County].
Massachusetts
Worcester County
This Northside is located in Worcester County and lies 566 miles [910.9 km]<1> to the northeast of the Northside that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Worcester County community of Northside.
Minnesota
Freeborn County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Northside [Freeborn County].
New York
Steuben County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of Northside [Steuben County].
Newfoundland and Labrador
This Northside lies 1,501 miles [2,415.6 km]<1> to the northeast of the Northside that is located in Wake County.
Ohio
Hamilton County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Northside [Hamilton County].
Saskatchewan
This Northside lies 1,788 miles [2,877.5 km]<1> to the northwest of the Northside that is located in Wake County.
Texas
Wilbarger County
This Northside is located in Wilbarger County and lies 1,170 miles [1,882.9 km]<1> to the west of the Northside that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wilbarger County community of Northside.
Virginia
Norfolk City
This Northside is located in Norfolk City and lies 153 miles [246.2 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Northside that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Norfolk City community of Northside.
Richmond City
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Northside [Richmond City].
Roanoke City
This Northside is located in Roanoke City and lies 124 miles [199.6 km] to the northwest of the Northside that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Roanoke City community of Northside.
Wisconsin
La Crosse County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Northside [La Crosse County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Northside ...
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.
Cedar Hill (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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 Northside to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Northside and extending to:
Raleigh, which is the Seat of Wake County, lies just to the South Southwest.
Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies just to the south southwest (SSW).
The White House (Washington, DC) is 230 miles [370.1 km]<1> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could drive a straight line from Northside to White House, with an average speed<4>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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,098 miles [9,813.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,794 miles [10,933.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,675 miles [7,523.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Northside) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Northside. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.8132, Longitude: -78.6311 In this case, the coordinates for Northside have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>
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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Northside 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.
<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>
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.
<5>
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 Northside to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.946 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.178 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.46 degrees.