Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Prosper, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Prosper and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Prosper
- 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 Prosper:
- 34.252113, -78.250834
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Prosper
- 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 Columbus County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Columbus County
- Since Prosper is near Brunswick County and also Bladen County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Brunswick County
- eBird sighting report for Bladen 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Prosper ...
We found seven communities that share the name Prosper.
Within North Carolina, the name Prosper is unique.
Beyond North Carolina, we know of another seven communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kansas
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- North Dakota
- Oregon
- Texas
- Vermont
Curious and Interesting Names Near Prosper ...
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.
- Acme
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acme
- Acme is located in Columbus County
- Big Curve
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west) - Bishop
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast) - Bolton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolton
- Bolton is located in Columbus County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 632 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bolton <4>
- Byrdville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest) - Delco
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Delco have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delco
- Delco is located in Columbus County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Delco <4>
- Flowers Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Flowers Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flowers Corner
- Flowers Corner is located in Brunswick County
- Freeman
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest) - Goose Hollow
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Goose Hollow have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goose Hollow
- Goose Hollow is located in Columbus County
- Gooseneck
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast) - Henrytown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast) - Sandy Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sandy Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Creek
- Sandy Creek is located in Brunswick County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 319 people
- Town Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Town Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Town Creek
- Town Creek is located in Brunswick County
How Far From Prosper 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 Prosper to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Prosper and extending to:
- Whiteville, which is the Seat of Columbus County, lies 26 miles [41.8 km]<2> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Prosper to Whiteville, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 107 miles [172.2 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 327 miles [526.3 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<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,149 miles [9,895.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,836 miles [11,001.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,722 miles [7,599.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Prosper. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Columbus County: www.columbusco.org/main
The official website for State of North Carolina: https://www.nc.gov/
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 Prosper 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- Prosper) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Prosper. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.2521, Longitude: -78.2508 In this case, the coordinates for Prosper have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Prosper to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.76 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.735 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.821 degrees. |