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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 Old Cumbee Place, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Old Cumbee Place 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 Old Cumbee Place:
- 34.158781, -78.219443
- 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 Old Cumbee Place
- 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 Brunswick County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Brunswick County
- Since Old Cumbee Place is near Columbus County and also New Hanover County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Columbus County
- Open the eBird sighting report for New Hanover 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 Old Cumbee Place
Curious and Interesting Names Near Old Cumbee Place ...
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.
- Bishop
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Bishop is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishop
- Bolivia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Flowers Corner
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Flowers Corner is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flowers Corner
- Half Hell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Half Hell is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Half Hell
- Henrytown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Henrytown is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrytown
- Piney Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Piney Grove is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Grove
- Prospect
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Prospect is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect
- Prosper
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Prosper is located in Columbus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prosper
- Russells Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Russells Creek is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russells Creek
- Sandy Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Sandy Creek is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 319 people
- Town Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Town Creek is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Town Creek
How Far From Old Cumbee Place to ...
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 Old Cumbee Place to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Old Cumbee Place and extending to:
- Bolivia, which is the Seat of Brunswick County, lies just to the South Southeast.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 114 miles [183.5 km]<2> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from Old Cumbee Place to Raleigh, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 333 miles [535.9 km] to the north (N). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 19 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,152 miles [9,900.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,838 miles [11,004.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,724 miles [7,602.5 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Old Cumbee Place) 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 Old Cumbee Place 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 Old Cumbee Place. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.1588, Longitude: -78.2194 In this case, the coordinates for Old Cumbee Place have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.744 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.703 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.839 degrees. |
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