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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 Rebel City, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Rebel City 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 Rebel City:
- 35.082676, -78.548310
- 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 Rebel City
- 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 Sampson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sampson County
- Since Rebel City is near Cumberland County and also Johnston County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cumberland County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Johnston 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 Rebel City
Curious and Interesting Names Near Rebel City ...
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.
- Bearskin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Bearskin is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bearskin
- Cooper
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cooper is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper
- Halls Crossroads
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Halls Crossroads is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls Crossroads
- Halls Store
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Halls Store is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls Store
- Hays Mill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hays Mill is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hays Mill
- Mingo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Mingo is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mingo
- Orange
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Orange is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange
- Piney Green
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Piney Green is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Green
How Far From Rebel City 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 Rebel City to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Rebel City and extending to:
- Clinton, which is the Seat of Sampson County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Rebel City to Clinton, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 48 miles [77.2 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 276 miles [444.2 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,126 miles [9,858.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,818 miles [10,972.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,701 miles [7,565.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Rebel City) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Rebel City 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 Rebel City. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.0827, Longitude: -78.5483 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.914 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.033 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.666 degrees. |
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