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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 Poindexter, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Poindexter and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Poindexter:
    • 36.230694, -80.587839
    • 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 Poindexter
  • 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 Yadkin County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Yadkin County
    • Since Poindexter is near Surry County and also Forsyth County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Surry County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Forsyth 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 Poindexter

Communities Also Named Poindexter ...

We found six communities that are also named Poindexter.

Within North Carolina, the name Poindexter is unique.

Beyond North Carolina, we know of six communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Crittenden County
      • This Poindexter is located in Crittenden County and lies 553 miles [890 km]<1> to the west of the Poindexter that is located in Yadkin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Crittenden County community of Poindexter.
      • Monroe 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 Arkansas community of Poindexter [Monroe County].
    • Georgia
      • Schley 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 Georgia community of Poindexter [Schley County].
    • Kentucky
      • Harrison County
      • This Poindexter is located in Harrison County and lies 254 miles [408.8 km]<1> to the northwest of the Poindexter that is located in Yadkin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harrison County community of Poindexter.
    • Texas
      • Rusk 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 Texas community of Poindexter [Rusk County].
    • Virginia
      • Louisa County
      • This Poindexter is located in Louisa County and lies 181 miles [291.3 km]<1> to the northeast of the Poindexter that is located in Yadkin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Louisa County community of Poindexter.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Poindexter ...

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.

  • Five Forks
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Five Forks is located in Yadkin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Forks
  • Friendship
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Friendship is located in Yadkin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
  • Halls Ferry
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Halls Ferry is located in Surry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls Ferry
  • Holly Spring
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Holly Spring is located in Yadkin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Spring
  • Lime Rock ‑ Historic
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Lime Rock is located in Surry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime Rock
  • Mount Pleasant
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Mount Pleasant is located in Yadkin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
  • Shady Grove
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Shady Grove is located in Yadkin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
  • Union Cross
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Union Cross is located in Yadkin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Cross
  • Union Grove
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Union Grove is located in Yadkin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Grove

How Far From Poindexter 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 Poindexter to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Poindexter and extending to:

  • Yadkinville, which is the Seat of Yadkin County, lies just to the South Southwest.
  • Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 113 miles [181.9 km]<1> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Poindexter 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 267 miles [429.7 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,164 miles [9,920 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,867 miles [11,051.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,745 miles [7,636.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Poindexter) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Poindexter 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>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 Poindexter 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 Poindexter. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.2307, Longitude: -80.5878       In this case, the coordinates for Poindexter have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.069 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.525 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.098 degrees.