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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 Plyer, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Plyer 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 Plyer:
- 35.371480, -80.282776
- 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 Plyer
- 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 Plyer 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 Plyer
Communities Also Named Plyer ...
We found one communities that are also named Plyer.
Within North Carolina, the name Plyer is unique.
Beyond North Carolina, there is another community also named Plyer in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Maryland
- Montgomery 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 Maryland community of Plyer [Montgomery County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Plyer ...
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
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Village is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Village
- Centurion Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Centurion Park is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centurion Park
- Finger
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Finger is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finger
- Forest Drive
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Forest Drive is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Drive
- Greenwood Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Greenwood Park is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Park
- Halls Ferry Junction
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Halls Ferry Junction is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls Ferry Junction
- Heathwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Heathwood is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heathwood
- Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Hills is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hills
- Pauls Crossing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Pauls Crossing is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pauls Crossing
- Springhaven
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Springhaven is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springhaven
How Far From Plyer to ...
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 Plyer to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Plyer and extending to:
- Albemarle, which is the Seat of Stanly County, lies just to the East 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 Plyer 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 301 miles [484.4 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 18 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,189 miles [9,960.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,887 miles [11,083.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,767 miles [7,671.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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 Plyer 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 from Point A (ie- Plyer) 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 Plyer 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 Plyer. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.3715, Longitude: -80.2828 In this case, the coordinates for Plyer have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.899 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.203 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.242 degrees. |
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