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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 Pauls Crossing, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pauls Crossing 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 Pauls Crossing:
- 35.429863, -80.311170
- 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 Pauls Crossing
- 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 Stanly County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Stanly County
- Since Pauls Crossing is near Cabarrus County and also Rowan County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cabarrus County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rowan 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 Pauls Crossing
Curious and Interesting Names Near Pauls Crossing ...
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 Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Village is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Village
- Centurion Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Centurion Park is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centurion Park
- Drys Mill ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Drys Mill is located in Cabarrus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drys Mill
- Finger
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Finger is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finger
- Forest Drive
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Forest Drive is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Drive
- Gold Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Greenwood Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Greenwood Park is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Park
- Halls Ferry Junction
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Halls Ferry Junction is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls Ferry Junction
- Hills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Hills is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hills
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Mount Pleasant
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Oak Cliffs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Cliffs is located in Cabarrus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Cliffs
- Palestine
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Palestine is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palestine
- Plyer
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Plyer is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plyer
- Pool ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Pool is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pool
- Stokes Ferry ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Stokes Ferry is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stokes Ferry
How Far From Pauls Crossing 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 Pauls Crossing to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Pauls Crossing and extending to:
- Albemarle, which is the Seat of Stanly County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 96 miles [154.5 km]<2> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Pauls Crossing to Raleigh, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 299 miles [481.2 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 17 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,188 miles [9,958.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,886 miles [11,081.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,766 miles [7,670.1 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Pauls Crossing) 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 Pauls Crossing 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 Pauls Crossing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.4299, Longitude: -80.3112 In this case, the coordinates for Pauls Crossing have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.915 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.23 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.235 degrees. |
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